Selling 'em by the Sack
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Selling 'em by the Sack by David G Hogan
In this work, Hogan tells a truly American success story - luck and hard work working behind behind one man to create an industry so pervasive that today it is an integral part of American pop culture.
"Full of fascinating details, not only for devotees of the ubiquitous 'slider,' but also for pop-culturists interested in American fast food and how it all got started" * Minneapolis Star Tribune *
"A fascinating story . . .Hogan tells a truly American success story—luck and hard work behind one man to create an industry so pervasive that today it's an integral part of American pop culture." * Publishers Weekly *
"A scholar's lively account of how White Castle, now a largely overlooked but still profitable also-ran in the domestic restaurant trade, made the once-scorned hamburger a U.S. institution and launched the fast-food industry. . . . Informed and engaging perspectives on an often ignored aspect of cultural and commercial Americana." * Kirkus Reviews *
"David Hogan's love of fast food goes back at least twenty years: I remember talking to him while he gulped down a McDonald's before the start of class. Few historians I know would be able to translate their penchant for fast food into a wonderful case study of the first chain to sell huge numbers of hamburgers-to-go. Selling 'em by the Sack, which traces the fortunes and failures of White Castle from the 1920s to the 1990s, deftly blends biography, social history, and corporate history. In doing so, Hogan gives us a fascinating glimpse into American popular culture." -- Andrew Achenbaum,Professor of History, University of Michigan
"Hogan makes a convincing case for White Castle's influence." -- Jonathan Yardley * Washington Post *
"A fascinating story . . .Hogan tells a truly American success story—luck and hard work behind one man to create an industry so pervasive that today it's an integral part of American pop culture." * Publishers Weekly *
"A scholar's lively account of how White Castle, now a largely overlooked but still profitable also-ran in the domestic restaurant trade, made the once-scorned hamburger a U.S. institution and launched the fast-food industry. . . . Informed and engaging perspectives on an often ignored aspect of cultural and commercial Americana." * Kirkus Reviews *
"David Hogan's love of fast food goes back at least twenty years: I remember talking to him while he gulped down a McDonald's before the start of class. Few historians I know would be able to translate their penchant for fast food into a wonderful case study of the first chain to sell huge numbers of hamburgers-to-go. Selling 'em by the Sack, which traces the fortunes and failures of White Castle from the 1920s to the 1990s, deftly blends biography, social history, and corporate history. In doing so, Hogan gives us a fascinating glimpse into American popular culture." -- Andrew Achenbaum,Professor of History, University of Michigan
"Hogan makes a convincing case for White Castle's influence." -- Jonathan Yardley * Washington Post *
David Gerard Hogan received his doctorate in history from Carnegie Mellon University and is currently Associate Professor of American History at Heidelberg College in Ohio.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780814735671 |
| ISBN 10 | 0814735673 |
| Title | Selling 'em by the Sack |
| Author | David G Hogan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Nyu Press |
| Year published | 1999-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 218 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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