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1040528
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b794898
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| Main Entry
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Rosen, Marjorie.
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Boom*town : : how Wal-Mart transformed an all-American town into an international community /\ Marjorie Rosen.
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago, Ill. :: Chicago Review Press,, ©2009.
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1 online resource (x, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations, map
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1569763682
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: 1569763704
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: 9781569763681
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: 9781569763704
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9781556529481
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index.
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| Contents
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Diversity comes to northwest Arkansas. A Black man redefines a white company ; A Muslim philanthropist champions the Jews ; A shul is born ; A Hindu family's delicate balance ; A Marshallese security guard "talks story" ; Of buyers and sellers -- Towns and townies, then and now. Bentonville's ex-mayor, the Boom Town, and the Daughters of the Dust Bowl ; A trucker in "Chickendale" ; The major of Rogers takes on undocumented workers -- The Hispanic explosion. Incident at Bentonville High ; Springdale's tough-as-nails lady police chief ; A chicken plant worker without options ; A once-undocumented housepainter finds money and God.
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| Abstract
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Investigating the personal stories behind the headquarters of the Wal-Mart empire, this examination focuses on the growth of Bentonville, Arkansas - a microcosm of America's social, political, and cultural shift.
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Wal-Mart (Firm)
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Wal-Mart (Firm)
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Diversity in the workplace-- Social aspects-- Arkansas-- Bentonville.
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Multiculturalism-- Arkansas-- Bentonville.
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Commerce-- Social aspects.
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Multiculturalism.
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Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Discrimination Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Sociology-- Urban.
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Bentonville (Ark.), Commerce, Social aspects.
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Bentonville (Ark.), Social conditions.
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Arkansas, Bentonville.
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| Dewey Classification
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305.8009767/13
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| LC Classification
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HF5429.215.U6R67 2009eb
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| Parallel Title
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Boomtown
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