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Title: Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age (The Road and American Culture) by John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle ISBN: 0-8018-6920-X Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: As dry as a fast food hamburger
Comment: This could best be described as a detailed history of chain-restaurants (not just fast food). It opens with a history of 'quick-service' eating establishments in the US, taking the reader through the history of tea rooms, roadside stands, diners, and other more recent permutations. Most of the book is devoted to histories of chain-restaurant companies, which amount to something less than riveting reading. The authors have thoroughly researched the history of every restaurant chain in painstaking detail, but rarely are these written in a way that makes for a gripping story. An exception is the Indiana-based 'Snappy Service' chain (closed in 1983), which is described in a way that brings its entrepreneur to life. The last chapter describes the pattern of chain restaurants that evolved in Springfield, Illinois. The book is profusely illustrated with well over a hundred photos and dozens of maps. One glaring error appears in a series of five maps (pp. 154-157) analyzing McDonald's domination of rival chains, in which the ratio of McDonald's to competitors was inverted.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Easy Read
Comment: I liked it so much I brought a copy for a friend of mine. It tells you EVERYTHING you could ever want to know anout fast food in America.
The book will provide you with more fast food trivia than even the nerdiest person in the world would ever want to hear.
A great coffee table book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Authoritative, but not light reading
Comment: I enjoyed this book much more than the previous reviewer, but he has a point. FAST FOOD, like the other titles in the "Road and American Culture" series, should not be confused with the typical book on "roadside Americana": it's not a lighthearted, heavily illustrated volume designed to evoke nostalgic memories. If that's what you want, search for titles written by John Margolies or Michael Karl Witzel, or published by Chronicle Books.
This is a serious examination of casual dining in America, from the lunch wagons which once served urban laborers through the chains which now cluster near every exit along the Interstate. Taken on its own terms, the book is a success, assembling more information (well-annotated, with an excellent bibliography) than any previous title on the topic. Just be sure you know what you're getting into!
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Title: The Motel in America (The Road and American Culture) by John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle, Jefferson S. Rogers ISBN: 0801869188 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Gas Station in America (Creating the North American Landscape) by John A. Jakle, Keith A. Sculle ISBN: 0801869196 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: American Diner Then and Now by Richard J. S. Gutman ISBN: 0801865360 Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture by Alan Hess ISBN: 0877013349 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: February, 1986 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Fantastic Filling Stations (Enthusiast Color Series) by Tim Steil, Jim Juning ISBN: 0760310645 Publisher: MBI Publishing Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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