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 |