Fast Food, Fast Track

No longer just pocket money for American teens, wages paid by multinational fast-food chains are going to a new generation of order-takers, burger-flippers, and basket-fryers--newly arrived immigrants

Jennifer Parker Talwar is an assistant professor of sociology at Penn State-Berks Lehigh Valley. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Illustrations

vii

Searching for the American Dream

1

(16)

It's in the Neighborhood: Race, Place, and the Importance of Culture

17

(36)

Word of Mouth and Getting Your Foot in the Door: Qualifications, Recruitment, and the Path to a Fast Food Job

53

(16)

Day Off, Nothing! The Work's Got to Be Done: Flexibility and Work Time

69

(12)

Pop-o-matic Grills and Redefining Skill: Technologies and Divisions of Labor

81

(16)

It's Hard to Get These Kids to Smile: Managing the Fast Food Personality

97

(22)

Problems on the United Nations Team: Ethnic Conflicts and Interactions

119

(28)

Up the Ladder or Down: A Question of Mobility

147

(36)

Flipping Burgers in a Melting Pot? Looking Ahead to a More Multicultural Society

183

(12)

Notes

195

(20)

Appendix A: The Respondents

215

(4)

Index

219

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