LEADER 02982nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910953557303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612298936 010 $a9781282298934 010 $a1282298933 010 $a9781576755426 010 $a1576755428 035 $a(CKB)1000000000689039 035 $a(EBL)322127 035 $a(OCoLC)243598259 035 $a(CaSebORM)9781576755426 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC322127 035 $a(OCoLC)774026742 035 $a(OCoLC)ocn774026742 035 $a(FR-PaCSA)10159859 035 $a(FRCYB10159859)10159859 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000689039 100 $a20060106d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe small-mart revolution $ehow local businesses are beating the global competition /$fMichael H. Shuman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aSan Francisco $cBerrett-Koehler$dc2006 215 $a1 online resource (307 p.) 225 1 $aBK Currents 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781576754665 311 08$a1576754669 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-270) and index. 327 $aContents; Foreword; Introduction: From Wal-Mart to Small-Mart; PART ONE: THE GATHERING GALE; 1 Wreckonomics; 2 The LOIS Alternative; 3 Amazing Shrinking Machines; PART TWO: THE SMALL-MART PATRIOTS; 4 Consumers; 5 Investors; 6 Entrepreneurs; 7 Policymakers; 8 Community Builders; 9 Globalizers; Appendix A. The Fall and Rise of Small-Scale Competitiveness; Appendix B. The Scale of Existing Business by Payroll; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; 330 $aDefenders of globalization, free markets, and free trade insist there's no alternative to mega-stores like Wal-Mart -- Michael Shuman begs to differ. 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Jay Magill, Jr 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-472-11621-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-256) and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Introduction: You Are Being Sarcastic, Dude -- 1. Good Morning, America -- 2. Excursus on the Genesis of Irony as a Worldview -- 3. European Romanticism Ushers in New Meanings of Irony -- 4. Irony and Civic Trust -- 5. Trust, Civil Society, and the Social Contract -- 6. The Descent of Inner Dependence -- 7. Inward, Christian Soldiers -- 8. Conclusion (i.e. Everything Summed Up Nicely) -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aA brilliant and timely reflection on irony in contemporary American culture This book is a powerful and persuasive defense of sophisticated irony and subtle humor that contributes to the possibility of a genuine civic trust and democratic life. R. Jay Magill deserves our congratulations for a superb job! -Cornel West, University Professor, Princeton University A well-written, well-argued assessment of the importance of irony in contemporary American social life, along with the nature of recent misguided attacks and, happily, a deep conviction that irony is too important in our lives to succumb. The book reflects wide reading, varied experience, and real analytical prowess. -Peter Stearns, Provost, George Mason University Somehow, Americans-a pragmatic and colloquial lot, for the most part-are now supposed to speak the Word, without ironic embellishment, in order to rebuild the civic culture. So irony's critics decide it has become 'worthy of moral condemnation.' Magill pushes back against this new conventional wisdom, eloquently defending a much livelier American sensibility than the many apologists for a somber 'civic culture' could ever acknowledge. -William Chaloupka, Chair and Professor, Department of Political Science, Colorado State University The events of 9/11 had many pundits on the left and right scrambling to declare an end to the Age of Irony. But six years on, we're as ironic as ever. From The Simpsons and Borat to The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, the ironic worldview measures out a certain cosmopolitan distance, keeping hypocrisy and threats to personal integrity at bay. Chic Ironic Bitterness is a defense of this detachment, an attitude that helps us preserve values such as authenticity, sincerity, and seriousness that might otherwise be lost in a world filled with spin, marketing, and jargon. And it is an effective counterweight to the prevailing conservative view that irony is the first step toward cynicism and the breakdown of Western culture. R. Jay Magill, Jr., is a writer and illustrator whose work has appeared in American Prospect, American Interest, Atlantic Monthly, Foreign Policy, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Print, among other periodicals and books. A former Harvard Teaching Fellow and Executive Editor of DoubleTake, he holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of Hamburg in Germany. 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