Presents a collection of essays that examine the largest corporation in America and includes information on its history and development as well as its impact on the American economy.

Wal-Mart : a template for twenty-first-century capitalism / Nelson Lichtenstein -- Woolworth to Wal-Mart : mass merchandising and the changing culture of consumption / Susan Strasser -- It came from Bentonville : the agrarian origins of Wal-Mart culture / Bethany E. Moreton -- Growth through knowledge : Wal-Mart, high technology, and the ever less visible hand of the manager / James Hoopes -- Making global markets : Wal-Mart and its suppliers / Misha Petrovic and Gary G. Hamilton -- The Wal-Mart effect and the new face of capitalism : labor market and community impacts of the megaretailer / David Karjanen -- Wal-Mart and the logistics revolution / Edna Bonacich with Khaleelah Hardie -- Wal-Mart in Mexico : the limits of growth / Chris Tilly -- Making the new shop floor : Wal-Mart, labor control, and the history of the postwar discount retail industry in America / Thomas Jessen Adams -- Patriarchy at the checkout counter : the Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., class action suit / Brad Seligman -- How to squeeze more money out of a penny / Ellen Israel Rosen -- A Wal-Mart Workers Association? : an organizing plan / Wade Rathke.