Small towns and big business : challenging Wal-Mart superstores / / Stephen Halebsky
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| Autore: |
Halebsky Stephen <1954->
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| Titolo: |
Small towns and big business : challenging Wal-Mart superstores / / Stephen Halebsky
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 381.1490973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Discount houses (Retail trade) - United States |
| Small cities - Economic aspects - United States | |
| Big business - Social aspects - United States | |
| Quality of life - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | USA |
| Classificazione: | QQ 440 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Small towns and big business |
| ISBN: | 1-282-49415-5 |
| 9786612494154 | |
| 0-7391-3347-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816084703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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