Fast Food, Fast Track: Immigrants, Big Business, and the American Dream

By Jennifer Parker Talwa and Jennifer Parker Talwar

Book Overview

Hailing from China, the Caribbean, Latin America, and India, a colorful sea of faces has taken its place behind one of the most ubiquitous American business institutions ? the fast-food counter. They have become a vital link between the growing service sector in our cities' ethnic enclaves and the multi-billion dollar global fast-food industry. For

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367315696
• ISBN13: 9780367315696
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Very informative

This is a picture of America that you don't get elsewhere! She worked inside fast food restaurants to research this book, and I think she has done a stellar job here. Any American could learn a lot from reading this fine, fine book.

Readable and Comprehensive

Clearly the result of exhaustive research, this book takes traditionally very dry material and presents a highly readable text that identifies fascinating perspectives on the American Dream. Recommended without reservation.

Recommended

A very readable book while addressing important contemporary issues related to immigration and the consumer economy. Highly recommended.