Wal- Mart

by Lichtenstein, Nelson

• ISBN13: 9781595580351
• ISBN10: 1595580352
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

There is No shortage of statistics testifying to Wal-Mart's mammoth scale: Wal-Mart is the world's largest corporation, the world's largest private employer, and China's eighth largest export market. Wal-Mart: The Face of Twenty-First-Century Capitalism is an ambitious attempt to get beyond the bare facts of this corporate giant, uncover a hidden history of the Arkansas-based corporation, and dissect Wal-Mart's business model, social impact, and transformative role in the global economy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
History, Culture, Capitalism
Wal-Mart: A Template for Twenty-First-Century Capitalism	p. 3
Woolworth to Wal-Mart: Mass Merchandising and the Changing Culture of Consumption	p. 31
It Came from Bentonville: The Agrarian Origins of Wal-Mart Culture	p. 57
Growth Through Knowledge: Wal-Mart, High Technology, and the Ever Less Visible Hand of the Manager	p. 83
A Global Corporation
Making Global Markets: Wal-Mart and Its Suppliers	p. 107
The Wal-Mart Effect and the New Face of Capitalism: Labor Market and Community Impacts of the Megaretailer	p. 143
Wal-Mart and the Logistics Revolution	p. 163
Wal-Mart in Mexico: The Limits of Growth	p. 189
Working at Wal-Mart
Making the New Shop Floor: Wal-Mart, Labor Control, and the History of the Postwar Discount Retail Industry in America	p. 213
Patriarchy at the Checkout Counter: The Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Class Action Suit	p. 231
How to Squeeze More out of a Penny	p. 243
A Wal-Mart Workers Association? An Organizing Plan	p. 261
Notes	p. 285
Contributors	p. 331
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