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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
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Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy

Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy

Callaci, Brian

Hardcover

Art HistoryRussian & Former Soviet Union Art

Publisher Price: $25.00

ISBN10: 0226828700
ISBN13: 9780226828701
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Apr 28 2026
Pages: 264
Weight: 1.10
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

A surprising look at the big business of owning small businesses and what America's franchise economy means for its workers.

Walk into a McDonald's anywhere in the United States, and it will be identical to every other McDonald's in the country. Yet, that particular store is almost certainly owned and operated by an independent franchisee. While McDonald's presents an image of centralized uniformity to the consumer, it shows a different face to the small business owners operating its stores under its control and the workers preparing its product to its standards. How then does McDonald's--and its big business peers--manage to be two things at once?

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