Selling 'em by the Sack : : White Castle and the Creation of American Food / / David G. Hogan.
In the wake of World War I, the hamburger was still considered a disreputable and undesirable food. Yet by 1930 Americans in every corner of the country accepted the hamburger as a mainstream meal and eventually made it a staple of their diet. The quintessential "American" food, hamburgers...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1997] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 1997 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. American food before white castle
- 2. White castle and the beginning of fast food
- 3. Hamburgers during hard times
- 4. White castle goes to war
- 5. White castle rises again
- 6. White castle in the age of McDonald’s
- Epilogue. White castle’s role in history
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index