Big-box swindle [electronic resource] : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses / Stacy Mitchell.
By: Mitchell, Stacy
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Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Boston : Beacon Press, c2006Description: xviii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Chain stores -- United States | Retail trade -- United States | Small business -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 381/.120973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view | Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-298) and index.
Chain store world -- Fading prosperity -- Community life -- Blighted landscape -- Sometimes low prices -- Monopolized consumers -- Uncle Sam's invisible hand -- Communities unchained -- Declaration of independents.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.