Nelson Lichtenstein is one of the country's leading experts on labor and politics and the editor of a much-cited collection of essays on Wal-Mart. A professor of history at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he directs the Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, he is also the author of several highly regarded books on American history, including the award-winning "Walter Reuther: The Most Dangerous Man in Detroit."
"A terrific book... Lichtenstein does a beautiful job of putting
Wal-Mart in its historical context... A definitive account not only
of Wal-Mart's past but also of the forces shaping its
future."--"Los Angeles Times" "Offers penetrating insights...
Lichtenstein sheds valuable light on the technological reasons for
Wal-Mart's success... and provides a detailed look at the dark side
of the company's employment practices.... As Lichtenstein argues,
Wal-Mart may have done more than any other American institution to
undermine labor regulations."
--"The New York Times Book Review" "Surely the best account we have
of Wal-Mart's metamorphosis from a backwater chain to the nation's
dominant corporation... The rise of Wal-Mart, and the national
economy it has shaped in its image, is a story that Lichtenstein is
eminently suited to tell."--"The American Prospect""" "Usefully
comprehensive... "The Retail Revolution" offers the best account
yet of the myriad problems that Wal-Mart employees endure."
--"The Big Money""" "Comprehensive socioeconomic history...
Lichtenstein paints a convincing portrait of a multinational
conglomerate willing to dehumanize people in the pursuit of profit,
even as it tries to convince us that people are its No. 1 concern.
A definitive survey of Wal-Mart and the company's worldview."
--"Kirkus Reviews" "Nelson Lichtenstein has written "the" book on
Wal-Mart. You can read it as a sober indictment of the rogue
company that happens also to be the world's largest corporation. Or
you can read it as a brilliantly reported case study in what's gone
wrong with the American--and the global--economy. Either way, you
will read it, as I did, with complete fascination."
--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of "Nickel and Dimed" "America's
wisest historian of business and labor has produced a masterpiece
of reportage and analysis about the self-service country store that
grew into the biggest merchandiser in the world. "The Retail
Revolution" is far more than the best book ever written about
Wal-Mart. It is a landmark work about the history of our time."
--Michael Kazin, author of "A Godly Hero: The Life of William
Jennings Bryan" "This lively yet incisive account of Wal-Mart, one
of our era's most important economic institutions, challenges the
claim that the company has been a boon to the U.S. economy,
providing a thoughtful and much-needed perspective on inequality
and insecurity in modern America."
--Sanford M. Jacoby, author of "The Embedded Corporation"
"Lichtenstein's calmly critical book sets the rise of Wal-Mart
within its broader historical and cultural context, adding a
valuable new perspective to the often fraught debate over the role
of the world's largest retailer."
--Jonathan Birchall, U.S. consumer correspondent, "The Financial
Times" "Nelson Lichtenstein is the paramount authority on the
world's largest and most influential company, one that affects the
lives of nearly all Americans and has transformed traditional
business. In "The Retail Revolution," original research and a
profound understanding of American capitalism combine to produce a
vivid account not only of how Wal-Mart has changed society, but how
society in turn is now changing Wal-Mart."
--Ron Galloway, director of "Why Wal-Mart Works" "Readers wishing
to grasp the brave new world of Wal-Mart in all its dimensions
can't do better than Nelson Lichtenstein's engrossing and chilling
account."
--Robert Kuttner, co-editor of "The American Prospect"
“A terrific book... Lichtenstein does a beautiful job of
putting Wal-Mart in its historical context... A definitive account
not only of Wal-Mart’s past but also of the forces shaping its
future.”—"Los Angeles Times" “Offers penetrating insights…
Lichtenstein sheds valuable light on the technological reasons for
Wal-Mart’s success… and provides a detailed look at the dark side
of the company’s employment practices.… As Lichtenstein argues,
Wal-Mart may have done more than any other American institution to
undermine labor regulations.”
—"The New York Times Book Review" “Surely the best account we
have of Wal-Mart’s metamorphosis from a backwater chain to the
nation’s dominant corporation... The rise of Wal-Mart, and the
national economy it has shaped in its image, is a story that
Lichtenstein is eminently suited to tell.”—"The American
Prospect""" “Usefully c
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