The hamburger : a history
Record details
- ISBN: 0300117582 (clothbound)
- ISBN: 9780300117585 (clothbound)
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Physical Description:
147 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Series from jacket. "A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Sizzle and symbolism -- The Hamburg-American Line -- "All this from a five-cent hamburger!" -- The organization man -- Have it your way -- The hamburger in power. |
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Subject: | Hamburgers History |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kirtland Community College Library | TX 749.5 .B43 O94 2008 | 30538502 | General Collection | Available | - |
The Hamburger : A History
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The Hamburger : A History
What do Americans think of when they think of the hamburger? A robust, succulent spheroid of fresh ground beef, the birthright of red-blooded citizens? Or a Styrofoam-shrouded Big Mac, mass-produced to industrial specifications and served by wage slaves to an obese, brainwashed population? Is it cooking or commodity? An icon of freedom or the quintessence of conformity? Â This fast-paced and entertaining book unfolds the immense significance of the hamburger as an American icon. Josh Ozersky shows how the history of the burger is entwined with American business and culture and, unexpectedly, how the burger's story is in many ways the story of the country that invented (and reinvented) it. Â Spanning the years from the nineteenth century with its waves of European immigrants to our own era of globalization, the book recounts how German "hamburg steak" evolved into hamburgers for the rising class of urban factory workers and how the innovations of the White Castle System and the McDonald's Corporation turned the burger into the Model T of fast food. The hamburger played an important role in America's transformation into a mobile, suburban culture, and today, America's favorite sandwich is nothing short of an irrepressible economic and cultural force. How this all happened, and why, is a remarkable story, told here with insight, humor, and gusto.