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Benefactors try to save historic Adams House; High Point residents rally to rescue the grand Main Street mansion
Subjects: Young, Mary Powell; Price, Ed; Britt, Dale; Faircloth, John; J.H. Adams House (High Point, N.C.); Davis Funeral Home (High Point, N.C.); Burger King Corporation;
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Burger King may cook up purchase of Davis property by High Point Enterprise.(local)tlcaut33076135260500;
Subjects: History; Real estate business; Restaurants; Davis, Harold C; Briggs, Benjamin; Vulcannon, Carl; Davis Funeral Home (High Point, N.C.); J.H. Adams House (High Point, N.C.); Burger King Corporation; Bank of North Carolina;
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The devil is a part-timer! [manga] / by Wagahara, Satoshi,author.(CARDINAL)620268; Hiiragi, Akio,illustrator.(CARDINAL)620015; Gifford, Kevin,translator.(CARDINAL)341492; Blakeslee, Lys,1985-(CARDINAL)494095;
"In the Sasazuka neighborhood of the Shibuya district of Tokyo, newly minted part-time burger-flipper and former Devil King Satan (now known as Sadao Maou) clashes with Lucifer, a fallen angel who used to serve him! But how will the onetime king deal with his rival now that his magic power's run dry? Now that the devil is one of us, he's going to have to get creative!" -- Unedited summary from the book."Teen T LV" -- Page [4] of cover.
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Young adult fiction.; Demonology; Fast food restaurants; Fast food restaurants; Good and evil; Graphic novels;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 6
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The devil is a part-timer! [manga] / by Wagahara, Satoshi,author.(CARDINAL)620268; Hiiragi, Akio,illustrator.(CARDINAL)620015; Gifford, Kevin,translator.(CARDINAL)341492; Blakeslee, Brndn,letterer.(CARDINAL)620090; Blakeslee, Lys,1985-letterer.(CARDINAL)494095;
"Speak of the devil, and he'll fry you a burger! Sadao Maou, (aka Satan, the Devil King) has been relegated to flipping burgers at a MgRonald in suburban Tokyo. His greatest challenge so far, though, comes when a Sentucky Fried Chicken opens up across the street. Maou once led the forces of darkness, but can he triumph over the forces of chicken? And the new girl next door seems awfully polite and proper, almost as if she were hiding something..."--Back cover."Teen T LV" --Back cover.
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Young adult fiction.; Demonology; Fast food restaurants; Fast food restaurants; Good and evil;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Franchise : the golden arches in Black America / by Chatelain, Marcia,1979-author.(CARDINAL)616409;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: from sit-in to drive-thru -- Fast food civil rights -- Burgers in the age of black capitalism -- The burger boycott and the ballot box -- Bending the golden arches -- Black America, brought to you by... -- A fair share of the pie -- The miracle of the golden arches -- Conclusion: bigger than a hamburger."From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurantslike McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the first place? In Franchise, acclaimed historian Marcia Chatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast food companies, black capitalists, and civil rights leaders, who- in the troubled years after King's assassination- believed they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality.With the discourse of social welfare all but evaporated, federal programs under presidents Johnson and Nixon promoted a new vision for racial justice: that the franchising of fast food restaurants, by black citizens in their own neighborhoods, could finally improve the quality of black life. Synthesizing years of research, Franchise tells a troubling success story of an industry that blossomed the very moment a freedom movement began to whither"--Pulitzer Prize (History), 2021
Subjects: McDonald's Corporation.; Fast food restaurants; Franchises (Retail trade); Business enterprises; African Americans; Race discrimination; African Americans;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 18
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Franchise : the golden arches in Black America / by Chatelain, Marcia,1979-author.(CARDINAL)616409;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index.Introduction: from sit-in to drive-thru -- Fast food civil rights -- Burgers in the age of black capitalism -- The burger boycott and the ballot box -- Bending the golden arches -- Black America, brought to you by... -- A fair share of the pie -- The miracle of the golden arches -- Conclusion: bigger than a hamburger."From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America. Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized capitalism's villainous effects on our nation's most vulnerable communities. But how did fast food restaurants so thoroughly saturate black neighborhoods in the first place? In Franchise, acclaimed historian Marcia Chatelain uncovers a surprising history of cooperation among fast food companies, black capitalists, and civil rights leaders, who -- in the troubled years after King's assassination -- believed they found an economic answer to the problem of racial inequality. With the discourse of social welfare all but evaporated, federal programs under presidents Johnson and Nixon promoted a new vision for racial justice: that the franchising of fast food restaurants, by black citizens in their own neighborhoods, could finally improve the quality of black life. Synthesizing years of research, Franchise tells a troubling success story of an industry that blossomed the very moment a freedom movement began to whither."--
Subjects: McDonald's Corporation.; Fast food restaurants; Franchises (Retail trade); Business enterprises; African Americans; Race discrimination; African Americans;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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