Small Towns and Big Business: Challenging Wal-Mart Superstores

By Stephen Halebsky

Small Towns and Big Business comprehensively examines the phenomenon of local protests against Wal-Mart superstores. Using fieldwork and archival sources, Halebsky situates these protests in the context of economic restructuring and the expansion of retailing; explains how some local social movements were able to successfully fend off the world's largest retailer; and assesses the implications for efforts to limit corporate power, resist McDonaldization, and protect local quality of life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739122401
• ISBN13: 9780739122402
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"