Acknowledgments -- Introduction: an industrial way of life -- Imagining the franchise : structures, social relations, and cultural work -- From ownership to partnership : the institutionalization of franchise relations -- Sharing worlds : difference, deference, and the creative context of franchising -- "A complicated genesis" : transnational production and transgenerational marketing -- Occupying industries : the collaborative labor of enfranchised consumers -- Conclusion: future exchanges and iterations -- Notes -- Index -- About the author.