Attention, Shoppers! - American Retail Capitalism and the Origins...

Attention, Shoppers!: American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy (True EPUB)

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English | 2025 | ISBN: 0691266514 | 344 pages | True EPUB | 5.42 MB

How large American retailers outgrew the capacity of government to regulate them

The United States is widely recognized as the quintessential consumer society, one where huge companies like Walmart and Amazon are famous for enticing customers with cheap goods and speedy delivery. Attention, Shoppers! traces the origins and evolution of American retail capitalism from the late nineteenth century to today, uncovering the roots of a bitter equilibrium where large low-cost retailers dominate and vast numbers of low-income families now rely on them to make ends meet.