Full Description
In Chewing Gum, Michael Redclift deftly chronicles the growing popularity of gum in the U.S. alongside a fascinating history of peasant revolution led by charismatic Indians in the jungles of southern Mexico.
Contents
(1) Introduction (2) The 'American Invention' (3) Chicle and Social Revolution in Yucatan (4) A Way of Life (5) Bubblegum Cultures (6) Mass Consumption and Popular Taste (7) What it left behind...