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Author(s): Marjorie Rosen
ISBN(s): 9781556529481, 1556529481
Edition: First Edition
File Details: PDF, 3.07 MB
Year: 2009
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1556529481 
ISBN 13: 9781556529481
Author: Marjorie Rosen

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. Numerous personalities are interviewed, including a multimillionaire Palestinian refugee who arrived penniless and is now dedicated to building a synagogue, a Mexican mother of three who was fired after injuring herself on the job, a black executive hired to diversify Wal-Mart whose arrival coincided with a KKK rally, and a Hindu father concerned about interracial dating. In documenting these citizens’ stories, this account reveals the challenges and issues facing those who compose this and other “boom towns”—where demographics, the economy, and immigration and migration patterns are continually in flux. In shedding light on these important and timely anecdotes of America’s changing rural and suburban landscape, this exploration provides an entertaining and intimate chronicle of the different ethnicities, races, and religions as well as their ongoing struggles to adapt. Emerging as subtle sociology combined with drama and humanity, this overview illustrates the imperceptible and occasionally unpredictable movements that affect the nonmetropolitan environment of the United States.

Boom Town How Wal Mart Transformed an All American Town into an International Community 1st Table of contents:

I DIVERSITY COMES TO NORTHWEST ARKANSAS
1 A Black Man Redefines a White Company
2 A Muslim Philanthropist Champions the Jews
3 A Shul Is Born
4 A Hindu Family’s Delicate Balance
5 A Marshallese Security Guard “Talks Story”
6 Of Buyers and Sellers
II TOWNS AND TOWNIES, THEN AND NOW
7 Bentonville’s Ex-Mayor, the Boom Town, and the Daughters of the Dust Bowl
8 A Trucker in “Chickendale”
9 The Mayor of Rogers Takes on Undocumented Workers
III THE HISPANIC EXPLOSION
10 Incident at Bentonville High
11 Springdale’s Tough-as-Nails Lady Police Chief
12 A Chicken Plant Worker Without Options
13 A Once-Undocumented Housepainter Finds Money and God

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