Franchise the golden arches in Black America

"From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitali...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chatelain, Marcia, 1979- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 i 4500
001 on1102474552
003 OCoLC
005 20200206162900.0
008 191007s2020 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 |a  2019030794 
019 |a 1134392767  |a 1135054096 
020 |a 9781631493942  |q hardcover 
020 |a 1631493949  |q hardcover 
020 |z 9781631493959  |q electronic publication 
035 |a (OCoLC)1102474552  |z (OCoLC)1134392767  |z (OCoLC)1135054096 
040 |a DLC  |b eng  |e rda  |c DLC  |d OCLCO  |d TP7  |d OCLCF  |d TOH  |d JQM  |d UAP  |d JTH  |d YDX  |d PCB 
042 |a pcc 
043 |a n-us--- 
050 0 0 |a TX945.3  |b .C46 2020 
082 0 0 |a 338.70973  |2 23 
100 1 |a Chatelain, Marcia,  |d 1979-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a Franchise :  |b the golden arches in Black America /  |c Marcia Chatelain. 
250 |a First edition. 
264 1 |a New York, NY :  |b Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company,  |c [2020] 
300 |a 324 pages :  |b illustrations ;  |c 25 cm 
336 |a text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a unmediated  |b n  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a volume  |b nc  |2 rdacarrier 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction: from sit-in to drive-thru -- Fast food civil rights -- Burgers in the age of black capitalism -- The burger boycott and the ballot box -- Bending the golden arches -- Black America, brought to you by... -- A fair share of the pie -- The miracle of the golden arches -- Conclusion: bigger than a hamburger. 
520 |a "From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the first place? In Franchise, acclaimed historian Marcia Chatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast food companies, black capitalists, and civil rights leaders, who -- in the troubled years after King's assassination -- believed they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality. With the discourse of social welfare all but evaporated, federal programs under presidents Johnson and Nixon promoted a new vision for racial justice: that the franchising of fast food restaurants, by black citizens in their own neighborhoods, could finally improve the quality of black life. Synthesizing years of research, Franchise tells a troubling success story of an industry that blossomed the very moment a freedom movement began to whither"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
650 0 |a Fast food restaurants  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Franchises (Retail trade)  |z United States. 
650 0 |a Business enterprises  |x Purchasing  |z United States. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Civil rights. 
650 0 |a Race discrimination  |z United States. 
650 0 |a African Americans  |x Economic conditions. 
994 |a C0  |b PCB 
949 |a schlow  |b SANON  |c 338.7097 CHA  |d i  |e 39635104087279  |f 678602  |g ddc  |j 02/03/2020 
999 |a 446300