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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.

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The history of chewing gum's marketing and popularity by Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA)

5 Stars
October 09, 2004
The history of chewing gum's marketing and popularity might seem to some like a narrow topic for a business book: think again. Michael Redclift's Chewing Gum: The Fortunes Of Taste holds plenty of insights into advertising and marketing an innovative new product, telling a zany story based on a scheme hatched by Chicago's Wrigley brother - and social theory scholar Michael Redclift proves the perfect person to bring this tale to life.

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