Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age: Roadside Resaurants in the Automobile Age (The Road and American Culture). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age: Roadside Resaurants in the Automobile Age (The Road and American Culture)

Jakle (geography, U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) and Sculle (history, U. of Illinois, Springfield) explore the origins, architecture, and commercial growth of wayside eateries in the United States over the past 100 years, analyzing the impact of the automobile on the restaurant business and the ways that these businesses reflect the story of modern American culture. They cover the evolution of the American restaurant from coffee shops and main street cafes, to early franchises such as White Castle and the current dominance of corporations such as McDonald's. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

John A. Jakle is a professor in the Department of Geography 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. They are the coauthors of The Gas Station in America and, with Jefferson S. Rogers, The Motel in America, both available from Johns Hopkins.