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Autore: |
Halebsky Stephen <1954->
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Titolo: |
Small towns and big business [[electronic resource] ] : challenging Wal-Mart superstores / / Stephen Halebsky
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Pubblicazione: | Lanham, MD, : Lexington Books, c2009 |
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 genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
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.: | 9910454538303321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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