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Hamburger : a global history Andrew F. Smith
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks TX 652 .C37 n.713
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, Andrew F., 1946-
- Series:
- Edible
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hamburgers.
- Hamburgers--History.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Reaktion, 2008.
- Summary:
- Traces the history and cultural impact of the hamburger, from its beginning as a nineteenth-century American street food sold by vendors, to the successful chain operations started by White Castle in 1921, to its impact on food culture around the world.
- Contents:
- Humble hamburger beginnings
- The hamburger chain
- The McDonald's machine
- McDonald clones
- The hamburger experience
- The global burger
- Hamburgers today and tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Signed by author.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-139) and index.
- Local Notes:
- HSP HIstoric Culinary Arts Collection
- ISBN:
- 1861893906
- 9781861893901
- OCLC:
- 225876130
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