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Table of Contents
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List of Figures |
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List of Tables |
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Foreword |
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Preface |
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Acknowledgements |
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Introduction |
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Section I: The History and Measurement of Wal-Mart |
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Chapter One: The Chain Store Historically Considered |
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The War on the Chains 1930–1941 |
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The Big-Box Format |
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Federal Law and the Growth of Chain Stores |
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Chapter Two: Measuring Wal-Mart |
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Assessing Wal-Mart’s Impacts |
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Economic Theory and Wal-Mart’s Impact |