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Article: Golden arches east: McDonald's in East Asia.
- Article from:
- Canadian Journal of Sociology
- Article date:
- September 22, 1999
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James L. Watson (ed), Golden Arches East: McDonald's in East Asia. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1997, 265 pp.
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