Wal-Mart

by Lichtenstein, Nelson

• ISBN13: 9781595580214
• ISBN10: 1595580212
• Format: Paperback
• 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	vii
Preface	ix
Nelson Lichtenstein
History, Culture, Capitalism
Wal-Mart: A Template for Twenty-First-Century Capitalism	3	(28)
Nelson Lichtenstein
Woolworth to Wal-Mart: Mass Merchandising and the Changing Culture of Consumption	31	(26)
Susan Strasser
It Came from Bentonville: The Agrarian Origins of Wal-Mart Culture	57	(26)
Bethany E. Moreton
Growth Through Knowledge: Wal-Mart, High Technology, and the Ever Less Visible Hand of the Manager	83	(24)
James Hoopes
A Global Corporation
Making Global Markets: Wal-Mart and Its Suppliers	107	(36)
Misha Petrovic
Gary G. Hamilton
The Wal-Mart Effect and the New Face of Capitalism: Labor Market and Community Impacts of the Megaretailer	143	(20)
David Karjanen
Wal-Mart and the Logistics Revolution	163	(26)
Edna Bonacich
Khaleelah Hardie
Wal-Mart in Mexico: The Limits of Growth	189	(24)
Chris Tilly
Working at Wal-Mart
Making the New Shop Floor: Wal-Mart, Labor Control, and the History of the Postwar Discount Retail Industry in America	213	(18)
Thomas Jessen Adams
Patriarchy at the Checkout Counter: The Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Class Action Suit	231	(12)
Brad Seligman
How to Squeeze More out of a Penny	243	(18)
Ellen Israel Rosen
A Wal-Mart Workers Association? An Organizing Plan	261	(24)
Wade Rathke
Notes	285	(46)
Contributors	331	(4)
Index	335