The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by Marc Levinson

The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by Marc Levinson

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Tells the story of a successful company that forever changed how Americans shop and what Americans eat. This book shows how George and John Hartford took over their father's business and reshaped it again and again, turning it into a vertically integrated behemoth that paved the way for every big-box retailer to come.

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The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America by Marc Levinson

Tells the story of a successful company that forever changed how Americans shop and what Americans eat. This book shows how George and John Hartford took over their father's business and reshaped it again and again, turning it into a vertically integrated behemoth that paved the way for every big-box retailer to come.
MrLevinson has written an absorbing history of one company's amazing rise - and what such success means in a nation with conflicting ideals about big business. (The New York Times)

Marc Levinson is a Washington, DC-based economist. He was previously a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, an economist at a major investment bank, and The Economist's finance and economics editor.

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ISBN 13 9780809051434
ISBN 10 0809051435
Title The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
Author Marc Levinson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Hill & Wang Inc.,U.S.
Year published 2012-09-04
Number of pages 384
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.