| Description |
xv, 349 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Wal-Mart : a template for twenty-first-century capitalism / Nelson Lichtenstein -- Woolworth to Wal-Mart : mass merchandising and the changing culture of consumption / Susan Strasser -- It came from Bentonville : the agrarian origins of Wal-Mart culture / Bethany E. Moreton -- Growth through knowledge : Wal-Mart, high technology, and the ever less visible hand of the manager / James Hoopes -- Making global markets : Wal-Mart and its suppliers / Misha Petrovic and Gary G. Hamilton -- The Wal-Mart effect and the new face of capitalism : labor market and community impacts of the megaretailer / David Karjanen -- Wal-Mart and the logistics revolution / Edna Bonacich with Khaleelah Hardie -- Wal-Mart in Mexico : the limits of growth / Chris Tilly -- Making the new shop floor : Wal-Mart, labor control, and the history of the postwar discount retail industry in America / Thomas Jessen Adams -- Patriarchy at the checkout counter : the Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., class action suit / Brad Seligman -- How to squeeze more money out of a penny / Ellen Israel Rosen -- A Wal-Mart Workers Association? : an organizing plan / Wade Rathke. |
| Subject |
Wal-Mart (Firm) -- Management.
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Wal-Mart (Firm) |
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Management. |
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Discount houses (Retail trade) -- United States -- Management.
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Discount houses (Retail trade) |
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United States. |
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Wages -- United States.
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Wages. |
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Labor unions -- United States.
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Labor unions. |
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Employee fringe benefits -- United States.
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Employee fringe benefits. |
| Indexed Term |
Wal-Mart |
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Twenty-first-century capitalism |
| Added Author |
Lichtenstein, Nelson.
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| Added Title |
WalMart : the face of twenty-first-century capitalism |
| ISBN |
1595580352 |
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1595580212 paperback |
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