Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age (The Road and American Culture)

Jakle, John A.; Sculle, Keith A.

ISBN 10: 080186920X / ISBN 13: 9780801869204

Published by Johns Hopkins University Press (edition ), 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age (The Road and American Culture)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press (edition )
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080186920X
• ISBN 13: 9780801869204
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

Eating on the run has a long history in America, but it was the automobile that created a whole new category of dining: "fast food." In the final volume of their "Gas, Food, Lodging" trilogy, John Jakle and Keith Sculle contemplate the origins, architecture, and commercial growth of fast food restaurants from White Castle to McDonald's.

Illustrated with 217 maps, postcards, photographs, and drawings, Fast Food makes clear that the story of these unpretentious restaurants is the story of modern American culture. The first roadside eateries popularized once-unfamiliar foods―hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, milkshakes, burritos―that are now basic to the American diet. By the 1950s, drive-ins and diners had become icons of rebellion where teenagers sought freedom from adult authority. Like the gas station and the motel, the roadside restaurant is an essential part of the modern American landscape―where intentional sameness of design "welcomes" every interstate driver.

About the Author

John A. Jakle is a professor of geography and landscape architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Keith A. Sculle is an adjunct professor of history at the University of Illinois at Springfield and head of research and education at the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency.