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Sundae Best A History of Soda Fountains Anne Cooper Funderburg Popular Press This book is the first comprehensive, documented history of this popular institution, which millions of Americans fondly remember. For one hundred fifty years, the soda fountain was a community social center, both in big cities and small towns. The evolution of the soda fountain reflected momentous developments in American history, the author states—urbanization, the temperance movement and Prohibition, the Great Depression, technical progress, the decline of Main Street, and the rise of car culture and growth of suburbia. The fountain's evolution was also closely tied to trends in retailing, food service, lifestyles, and the decorative arts. Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)

2001 LC: 2001043423 TP 240 pp.   6 x 9 ISBN-10: 0-87972-854-X ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-854-0 Paper $18.95 t ISBN-10: 0-87972-853-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-87972-853-3 Cloth $39.95 t Add titles to your shopping cart by clicking on the bulleted lines above. You can submit your order electronically, paying for it with your credit card. Click here for a further explanation of the shopping cart feature Never ordered from us before? Read this first.

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