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Publisher
Lexington Books
Language
English
Pages
235

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Small towns and big business: challenging Wal-Mart superstores
2009, Lexington Books
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Table of Contents

Introduction: communities, corporations, and local social movements
Big retailers, aggressive retail development, and the roots of local protest
How superstores affect small towns
Gig Harbor, Washington and Petoskey, Michigan: do the people want it?
West Bend, Wisconsin and Ottawa, Ohio: a superstore in the neighborhood?
Ashland, Wisconsin and Eureka, California: economic benefit for whom?
Explaining success
The local state, corporate retailing, McDonaldization, and local anti-corporate activism.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Lanham, Md

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
381/.1490973
Library of Congress
HF5429.215.U6 H35 2009, HF5429.215.U6H35, HF5429.215.U6H35 200

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
235

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22528622M
Internet Archive
smalltownsbigbus0000hale
ISBN 10
0739122401, 0739133470
ISBN 13
9780739122402, 9780739133477
LCCN
2008039297
OCLC/WorldCat
247963419
Goodreads
6602518

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