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The Hamburger

by Josh Ozersky
Nick Williams
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What do Americans think of when they think of the hamburger? A robust, succulent spheroid of fresh ground beef, the birthright of red-blooded citizens? Or a Styrofoam-shrouded Big Mac, mass-produced to industrial specifications and served by wage slaves to an obese, brainwashed population? Is it cooking or commodity? An icon of freedom or the quintessence of conformity? 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, unexpectedly, how the burger’s story is in many ways the story of the country that invented (and reinvented) it.

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Series: Icons of America Publisher: Yale University Press Edition: Unabridged

OverDrive Listen audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780300144475
  • File size: 100375 KB
  • Release date: June 6, 2008
  • Duration: 03:29:06

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780300144475
  • File size: 100434 KB
  • Release date: June 6, 2008
  • Duration: 03:29:06
  • Number of parts: 3

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subjects

Cooking & Food Nonfiction

Languages

English

What do Americans think of when they think of the hamburger? A robust, succulent spheroid of fresh ground beef, the birthright of red-blooded citizens? Or a Styrofoam-shrouded Big Mac, mass-produced to industrial specifications and served by wage slaves to an obese, brainwashed population? Is it cooking or commodity? An icon of freedom or the quintessence of conformity? 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, unexpectedly, how the burger’s story is in many ways the story of the country that invented (and reinvented) it.

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Cooking & Food Nonfiction