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100	1		_aChandler, Adam, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aDrive-thru dreams : _ba journey through the heart of America's fast-food kingdom / _cAdam Chandler.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bFlatiron Books, _c2019.
264		4	_c©2019
300			_a276 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 221-266) and index.
505	0		_aThe national meal -- The Colonel -- Soft market -- Freedom from want -- Are we there yet? -- Poultry in motion -- Into the cities -- "Yes, it can be done" -- Drive-thru America -- Glasnost -- Good places -- Crisp digital nuggets -- Belonging -- The fast casual frontier -- The lonesome hours.
520			_a"Most any honest person can own up to harboring at least one fast-food guilty pleasure. In Drive-Thru Dreams, Adam Chandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. The dark underbelly of the industry's largest players has long been scrutinized and gutted, characterized as impersonal, greedy, corporate, and worse. But, in unexpected ways, fast food is also deeply personal and emblematic of a larger than life image of America. With wit and nuance, Chandler reveals the complexities of this industry through heartfelt anecdotes and fascinating trivia as well as interviews with fans, executives, and workers. He traces the industry from its roots in Wichita, where White Castle became the first fast food chain in 1921 and successfully branded the hamburger as the official all-American meal, to a teenager's 2017 plea for a year's supply of Wendy's chicken nuggets, which united the internet to generate the most viral tweet of all time. Drive-Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler tells an intimate and contemporary story of America--its humble beginning, its innovations and failures, its international charisma, and its regional identities--through its beloved roadside fare."--Publisher's website.
520			_aChandler explores the inseparable link between fast food and American life for the past century. He finds that, in unexpected ways, fast food is deeply personal and emblematic of a larger than life image of America. Tracing the industry from its roots in Wichita, where White Castle became the first fast food chain in 1921 and successfully branded the hamburger as the official all-American meal, Chandler tells of humble beginnings, innovations and failures, international charisma, and regional identities-- a contemporary history of America through its beloved roadside fare. -- adapted from jacket
650		0	_aFast food restaurants _zUnited States.
651		0	_aUnited States _xSocial life and customs.
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