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BL
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646026
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| Title & Author
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Wal-Mart : : the face of twenty-first-century capitalism /\ edited by Nelson Lichtenstein.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New Press,, 2006.
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xv, 349 p. :: ill. ;; 21 cm.
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| ISBN
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1595580352
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: 9781595580351
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: 1595580212 (pbk.)
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: 9781595580214 (pbk.)
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.
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Wal-Mart (Firm)-- Management.
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Discount houses (Retail trade)-- United States-- Management.
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Wages-- United States.
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Labor unions-- United States.
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Employee fringe benefits-- United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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381/.14906573
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| LC Classification
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HF5429.215.U6W35 2006
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| Added Entry
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Lichtenstein, Nelson.
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