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11%OFFRebekah Peeples Massengill - Wal-Mart Wars: Moral Populism in the Twenty-First Century - 9780814763346 - V9780814763346
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Wal-Mart Wars: Moral Populism in the Twenty-First Century

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Description for Wal-Mart Wars: Moral Populism in the Twenty-First Century Paperback. Shows that the fight over the practices of Wal-Mart can provide us with important insight into the dreams and realities of American capitalism Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJS; KNPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.

Wal-Mart is America’s largest retailer. The national chain of stores is a powerful stand-in of both the promise and perils of free market capitalism. Yet it is also often the target of public outcry for its labor practices, to say nothing of class-action lawsuits, and a central symbol in America’s increasingly polarized political discourse over consumption, capitalism and government regulations. In many ways the battle over Wal-Mart is the battle between “Main Street” and “Wall Street” as the fate of workers under globalization and the ability of the private market to effectively distribute precious goods like health care take center ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814763346
SKU
V9780814763346
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99-50

About Rebekah Peeples Massengill
Rebekah Peeples Massengill is Lecturer in the Writing Program at Princeton University.

Reviews for Wal-Mart Wars: Moral Populism in the Twenty-First Century
Wal-Mart Wars is a beautifully-written, clear-minded inquiry into one of the most important questions of our time: Do powerful corporate entities operate simply according to value-free conceptions of the marketplace, or can consumers and advocacy groups bring standards of moral worth into the picture? Rebekah Peeples Massengill provides a careful analysis of the grassroots arguments actually being used. This is ... Read more

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