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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Mitchell, Stacy. Big-box swindle. Boston : Beacon Press, ©2006 (DLC) 2006013818 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stacy Mitchell |
ISBN: | 9780807034996 0807034991 1435604245 9781435604247 0807035009 9780807035009 |
OCLC Number: | 1006307066 |
Language Note: | English. |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Chain store world -- Fading prosperity -- Community life -- Blighted landscape -- Sometimes low prices -- Monopolized consumers -- Uncle Sam's invisible hand -- Communities unchained -- Declaration of independents. |
Responsibility: | Stacy Mitchell. |
More information: |
Abstract:
Large retail chains have become the most powerful corporations in America and are rapidly transforming our economy, communities, and landscape. Local-business researcher Mitchell illustrates how mega-retailers are fueling many of our most pressing problems, from the shrinking middle class to rising water pollution and diminished civic engagement. Mitchell's investigation takes us from the suburbs of Cleveland to a fruit farm in California, the stockroom of an Oregon Wal-Mart, and a Pennsylvania town's Main Street. She uncovers the role government policy has played in the expansion of mega-retailers and builds a compelling case that communities composed of many small businesses are healthier and more prosperous than those dominated by large chains. More than a critique, this book draws on real life to present innovative approaches--from cutting-edge land-use policies to small-business initiatives--that together provide a detailed road map to a more prosperous and sustainable future.--From publisher description.
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