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100 1 Rosen, Marjorie.
245 10 Boom*town :|bhow Wal-Mart transformed an all-American town
into an international community /|cMarjorie Rosen.
246 3 Boomtown
264 1 Chicago, Ill. :|bChicago Review Press,|c[2009]
264 4 |c©2009
300 1 online resource (x, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of
plates) :|billustrations, map
336 text|btxt|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and
index.
505 0 Diversity comes to northwest Arkansas. A Black man
redefines a white company ; A Muslim philanthropist
champions the Jews ; A shul is born ; A Hindu family's
delicate balance ; A Marshallese security guard "talks
story" ; Of buyers and sellers -- Towns and townies, then
and now. Bentonville's ex-mayor, the Boom Town, and the
Daughters of the Dust Bowl ; A trucker in "Chickendale" ;
The major of Rogers takes on undocumented workers -- The
Hispanic explosion. Incident at Bentonville High ;
Springdale's tough-as-nails lady police chief ; A chicken
plant worker without options ; A once-undocumented
housepainter finds money and God.
520 Investigating the personal stories behind the headquarters
of the Wal-Mart empire, this examination focuses on the
growth of Bentonville, Arkansas - a microcosm of America's
social, political, and cultural shift.
588 0 Print version record.
610 20 Wal-Mart (Firm)
650 0 Diversity in the workplace|xSocial aspects|zArkansas
|zBentonville.
650 0 Multiculturalism|zArkansas|zBentonville.
650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xAnthropology|xCultural.|2bisacsh
650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xDiscrimination & Race Relations.|2bisacsh
650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xMinority Studies.|2bisacsh
650 7 SOCIAL SCIENCE|xSociology|xUrban.|2bisacsh
651 0 Bentonville (Ark.)|xCommerce|xSocial aspects.
651 0 Bentonville (Ark.)|xSocial conditions.
776 08 |iPrint version:|aRosen, Marjorie.|tBoom*town.|dChicago,
Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2009|z9781556529481|w(DLC)
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