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020    9781556529481 
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050 00 HF5429.215.U6|bR67 2009 
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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. 
260    Chicago, Ill. :|bChicago Review Press,|c©2009. 
300    x, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations, map ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|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    In 1950, Sam Walton, founder of the Wal-Mart empire, 
       arrived in Bentonville, Arkansas, and discovered that the 
       nondescript Ozarks backwater--population 2,900 white 
       Christians--suited him just fine. Six decades later, 
       Walton's legacy has left its mark. The area is 
       headquarters to not only Wal-Mart but also Tyson Foods and
       J.B. Hunt. The town's population has grown to 30,000, and 
       the region is now home to blacks, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, 
       Marshall Islanders, and the fastest-growing Latino 
       population in the country. This book explores the ever-
       shifting social, political, and cultural character of the 
       United States through the microcosm that is Northwest 
       Arkansas and the personal stories of its people. She talks
       with a Palestinian immigrant who rose from penniless 
       dishwasher to multimillionaire contractor--and dedicated 
       himself to building a local Jewish community's first 
       synagogue. A black executive hired to diversify Wal-Mart, 
       whose arrival coincided with a KKK rally in the town 
       square, gives his views on the controversies surrounding 
       the company. A Mexican mother of three, fired from a 
       chicken plant after an injury on the job, discusses her 
       struggle to survive. A Hindu father concerned about 
       interracial dating, a Marshallese security guard whose 
       daughter was ignored in the ER, and others reveal the 
       issues and challenges facing those who make up the?boom 
       towns? where the economy and culture are in constant flux.
610 20 Wal-Mart (Firm) 
610 27 Wal-Mart (Firm)|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00658584 
650  0 Diversity in the workplace|xSocial aspects|zArkansas
       |zBentonville. 
650  0 Multiculturalism|zArkansas|zBentonville. 
650  7 Commerce|xSocial aspects.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00869311 
650  7 Multiculturalism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01028836 
650  7 Social conditions.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919811 
651  0 Bentonville (Ark.)|xCommerce|xSocial aspects. 
651  0 Bentonville (Ark.)|xSocial conditions. 
651  7 Arkansas|zBentonville.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01216819 
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994    C0|bCKE