11 Conclusion: The High Cost of Low Prices

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Preface ix
4. PART I. INTRODUCTION
5. 1 American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy 1
6. PART II. AMERICAN RETAILERS IN THE MAKING OF A CONSUMERIST POLITICAL ECONOMY
7. 2 Clearing the Field: The Fate of Consumer Cooperatives 27
8. 3 Mail Order Retail as the “Farmer’s Friend” 47
9. 4 Social Peace and Democratic Participation through Consumption 67
10. PART III. CONTESTATION AND OPPOSITION TO EMERGENT RETAIL CAPITALISM
11. 5 Low-Cost Retailing and the Battles over the “Right to Cut Prices” 99
12. 6 Backlash: Confronting the “Chain Store Menace” 134
13. PART IV . RETAIL CAPITALISM RESURGENT
14. 7 Postwar Paradox: Low-Cost Retailing in the “Golden Era” of American Antitrust 169
15. 8 Discount Nation 192
16. 9 Comparative Perspectives on Contemporary American Lean Retailing 220
17. PART V. THE AMAZON ECONOMY
18. 10 The Amazon Economy 253
19. 11 Conclusion: The High Cost of Low Prices 274
20. Bibliography 287
21. Index 317
22. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 329