The hamburger : a history /

Ozersky, Josh,

The hamburger : a history / Josh Ozersky. - 147 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. - Icons of America . - Icons of America. .

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-140) and index.

Introduction. 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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

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 how the burger's story is in many ways the story of the country that invented (and reinvented) it.--publisher description.

0300117582 9780300117585

2007043587


Hamburgers--History

TX749.5.B43 / O94 2008

641.84

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