University Place  Making Fast Food - Ep. 638

Explore America's infatuation with fast foods. Details

 

Program: University Place

Episode: Making Fast Food - Ep. 638

Nicolaas Mink, a visiting assistant professor in the Environmental Studies Department at Knox College, discusses the deep roots of fast food in American life and culture. We normally think of fast food beginning in the American suburbs with the emergence of great chains like McDonald's, but that's not the case.

Duration: (37:27)
Premiere Date: 10/18/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-G
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