| Description |
1 online resource (x, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-298) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Wal-Mart (Firm)
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Diversity in the workplace -- Social aspects -- Arkansas -- Bentonville.
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Multiculturalism -- Arkansas -- Bentonville.
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Bentonville (Ark.) -- Commerce -- Social aspects.
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Bentonville (Ark.) -- Social conditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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| Added Title |
Boomtown |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Rosen, Marjorie. Boom*town. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, ©2009 9781556529481 (DLC) 2009023528 (OCoLC)318426861 |
| ISBN |
9781569763681 (electronic bk.) |
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1569763682 (electronic bk.) |
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