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

Main entry:

Jakle, John A., author.

Title & Author:

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

Publication:

Baltimore ; London : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [1999]

Description:

xiii, 394 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Series:

The road and American culture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

"In Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age, John Jakle and Keith Sculle contemplate the origins, architecture, and commercial growth of wayside eateries in the United States over the past 100 years. This new volume examines the impact of the automobile on the restaurant business and offers a thorough account of roadside dining. Jakle and Sculle begin with America in the 1850s, when restaurants came into their own, and trace the evolution from coffee shops, main street cafes, and diners to drive-ins and drive-throughs. Focusing on the people who created and ran these enterprises, the authors recount the rise of early franchises such as White Castle and White Tower and the later dominance of large corporate chains such as Burger King, Hardee's, and - the giant of them all - McDonald's."--Jacket.

Resources:
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Publisher description

ISBN:

0801861098 (alk. paper)
9780801861093 (alk. paper)
9780801869204 (paper)
080186920X (paper)

Subject:

Roadside restaurants United States History.
Fast food restaurants United States History.
Architecture United States History 20th century.
Roadside architecture United States.
Restoroutes États-Unis Histoire.
Restaurants-minute États-Unis Histoire.
Architecture États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Constructions des abords de route États-Unis.
Architecture
Fast food restaurants
Roadside architecture
Roadside restaurants
Architektur
Fast Food
Raststätte
Fastfood.
Wegrestaurants.
United States
USA
Restaurants United States 1910-2000.
Fast food restaurants United States 1910-2000.
Architecture United States 1910-2000.
Roadside architecture United States 1910-2000.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Sculle, Keith A., author.
Road and American culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 205017
Call No.: TX945 .J3 1999
Status: Available

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