Selling 'em by the Sack : White Castle and the Creation of American Food.
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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New York :
NYU Press,
1997.
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Table of Contents:
- Selling 'em by the Sack; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: American Food before White Castle; Chapter 2: White Castle and the Beginning of Fast Food; Chapter 3: Hamburgers during Hard Times; Chapter 4: White Castle Goes to War; Chapter 5: White Castle Rises Again; Chapter 6: White Castle in the Age of McDonald's; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.