Article: Dinners, Bowling Alleys and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in the Postwar Consumer Culture.(Review)

Diners, Bowling Alleys and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in the Postwar Consumer Culture, by Andrew Hurley. Basic Books, 409 pages, $27.50.

The lunch counter in my college town is called the Yankee Doodle, and its best moments come just after the 6:00 A.M. opening. Late-night partiers straggle in before bed, thesis writers on an all-night jag fuel up, and the blue-collar workers who clean the dormitories start their day with fried eggs, fried hamburgers, fried donuts, or home fries. For a few sunrise moments, class divisions drown in a sea of butter.

Andrew Hurley's Diners, Bowling Alleys and Trailer Parks helps excavate this common ground. ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!