By David Gerard Hogan (New York and London: New York University Press, 1997. xi plus 199pp.).

Foreigners attacking American cultural imperialism routinely zero in on fast-food hamburgers and "McDonaldization" as its most prominent symbols. Although pizza, as adapted and popularized by Americans, is a much more pervasive American product, both at home and abroad, the fast-food hamburger has become the quintessential symbol of modern America. David Hogan's history of White Castle, ...