The history of McDonald's

Essay from the year 1999 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography grade: 13 Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg language: English abstract: Going for a walk through a deserted alley in the city at night watching the stars shining above it might not seldom happen that you notice a yellow glow from behind a corner. When having curiously turned around it perceiving a creepy loud rumbling you spot that the glow comes from a big shining M floating in the air. The symbol becomes bigger and bigger the nearer you walk towards it your pulse rises and having finally reached the M you open the door of the McDonald's restaurant and enter to have a burger to stop the rumbling of your stomach. Meanwhile there is a McDonald's in every big city at nearly every corner. But where does McDonald's originally come from?This thesis gives a summary of the history of McDonald's - one of the most widespread companies in the world.