"Hamburger University"
Magazine article
By: Nancy Fraser
Date: October 21, 1966
Source: Fraser, Nancy. "Hamburger University." Life Magazine, October 21, 1966, 100.
Introduction
Few social institutions reflect the changes in the daily lives of the American people as does the fast food revolution. During the 1960s, Americans became a people "on the go"—especially with the entry of a significant number of women into the country's workforce. The McDonald's hamburger corporation became the leader of several chains that could tabulate meals served into the billions.
Social critics love to decry this transformation in the American public's dining habits. Many feel that much of the fast food cuisine ranges from dubious to dreadful, as well as being potentially harmful to one's appearance—if not to one's health. Moreover, this trend caused the demise of countless independent restaurants...
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