Chewing Gum: The Fortunes of Taste

by Michael Redclift

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.

205 pages, Hardcover

First published May 27, 2004

Reviews

[Molli · Rating 2 out of 5]

Chewing Gum: TFoT has some really interesting information, but dang is it repetitive. Somebody should have given the author a lesson in concise writing - he'll make a point, then spend at least another 3 or 4 paragraphs stating the same point all over again. If somebody took an axe to this thing and cleaned it up, this would make for a great book.

[Jordan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pretty boring, actually. Starts well enough, but it becomes a drudgery to read.

[Michael Redclift]

just about the best thing ever written on gum