Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses /
Mitchell, Stacy.
Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses / Stacy Mitchell. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2006. - xviii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
0807035009 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807035009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006013818
Chain stores--United States.
Retail trade--United States.
Small business--United States.
HF5468 / .M58 2006
381/.120973
Big-box swindle : the true cost of mega-retailers and the fight for America's independent businesses / Stacy Mitchell. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2006. - xviii, 318 p. ; 24 cm.
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.
0807035009 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780807035009 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2006013818
Chain stores--United States.
Retail trade--United States.
Small business--United States.
HF5468 / .M58 2006
381/.120973