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Author Jakle, John A.

Title Fast food : roadside restaurants in the automobile age / John A. Jakle & Keith A. Sculle.

Imprint Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1999.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  647.9573 J211f    ---  Available
Description xiii, 394 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Series The road and American culture
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The rise of the quick-service restaurant -- Quick-service restaurants in the age of automobile convenience -- Restaurant chains -- Hamburger places, part 1 -- Hamburger places, part 2 -- McDonald's -- Sandwich places -- Ice cream places -- Breakfast places -- Chicken places -- Seafood places -- Pizza places -- Taco places and Mexican "cantinas" -- Steak places -- Concept restaurants -- The roadside restaurant in Springfield, Illinois.
Subject Roadside restaurants -- United States -- History.
Fast food restaurants -- United States -- History.
Architecture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Roadside architecture -- United States.
Added Author Sculle, Keith A.
ISBN 080186920X (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801861098 (alk. paper)

 
    
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