Small towns and big business [[electronic resource] ] : challenging Wal-Mart superstores / / Stephen Halebsky

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454538303321
• Autore: Halebsky Stephen <1954->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009
• ISBN: 1-282-49415-5; 9786612494154; 0-7391-3347-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (249 p.)
• Disciplina: 381.1490973
• Soggetti: Discount houses (Retail trade) - United States; Small cities - Economic aspects - United States; Big business - Social aspects - United States; Quality of life - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Small Towns and Big Business; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; Chapter 01: Introduction; Chapter 02: Big Retailers, Aggressive Retail Development, and the Roots of Local Protest; Chapter 03: How Superstores Affect Small Towns; Chapter 04: Gig Harbor, Washington, and Petoskey, Michigan; Chapter 05: West Bend, Wisconsin, and Ottawa, Ohio; Chapter 06: Ashland, Wisconsin, and Eureka, California; Chapter 07: Explaining Success; Chapter 08: The Local State, Corporate Retailing, McDonaldization, and Local Anticorporate Activism; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: Small Towns and Big Business comprehensively examines the phenomenon of local protests against Wal-Mart superstores. Using fieldwork and archival sources, Halebsky situates these protests in the context of economic restructuring and the expansion of retailing; explains how some local social movements were able to successfully fend off the world's largest retailer; and assesses the implications for efforts to limit corporate power, resist McDonaldization, and protect ; local quality of life.