Big box USA : the environmental impact of America's biggest retail stores /
"Big Box USA presents a new look at how the big box retail store has dramatically reshaped the US economy and its ecosystems in the last half century. From the rural South to the frigid North, from inside stores to ecologies far beyond, this book examines the relationships that make up one of t...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : why big box and environmental history? / Bart Elmore, Rachel S. Gross, and Sherri Sheu -- Welcome, Walmart customers: the origin story of America's biggest retail store -- Walmart world : the ecological roots of the largest corporation on earth / Bart Elmore -- Cleanup, aisle 2 : managing environmental impact -- 'Taking paradise' : a Target distribution center and a battle in the Midwest / Johnathan Williams -- Walmart's ocean : certifications, catch shares, and the ripple effects of corporate governance on marine environments / Aaron Van Neste -- 'Building some big-ass wetlands' : big box retail and the rise of mitigation banking / Laura J. Martin -- Attention shoppers : creating consumer mind-sets -- Boxing in the outdoors : Cabela's, REI, and the growth of specialty retailers / Rachel S. Gross -- Bass Pro Shops : selling conservative conservation / Sherri Sheu -- Conclusion / Shane Hamilton -- Index. | |
| 520 | |a "Big Box USA presents a new look at how the big box retail store has dramatically reshaped the US economy and its ecosystems in the last half century. From the rural South to the frigid North, from inside stores to ecologies far beyond, this book examines the relationships that make up one of the most visible features of late twentieth-century and early twenty-first-century American life. The rise of big box retail since the 1960s has transformed environments on both local and global scales. Almost everyone has explored the aisles of big box stores. The allure of "everyday low prices" and brightly colored products of every kind connect shoppers with a global marketplace. Contributors join a growing conversation between business and environmental history, addressing the ways American retail institutions have affected physical and cultural ecologies around the world. Essays on Walmart, Target, Cabela's, REI, and Bass Pro Shops assess the "bigness" of these superstores from "smokestacks to coat racks" and contend that their ecological impacts are not limited to the footprints of parking lots and manufacturing but also play a didactic role in educating consumers about their relationships with the environment." -- Back cover. | ||
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