Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age

Shuman, Michael H.

ISBN 10: 0684830124 / ISBN 13: 9780684830124

Edité par Free Press, 1998

A propos de cet article

New York. 1998. February 1998. Free Press. 1st Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0684830124. 306 pages. hardcover. Jacket design by Rick Pracher. keywords: Sociology Politics. DESCRIPTION - National drug chains squeeze local pharmacies out of business, while corporate downsizing ships jobs overseas. All across America, communities large and small are losing control of their economies to outside interests. Going Local shows how some cities and towns are fighting back. Refusing to be overcome by Wal-Marts and layoffs, they are taking over abandoned factories, switching to local produce and manufactured goods, and pushing banks to loan money to local citizens. Shuman details how dozens of communities are recapturing their own economies with these new strategies, investing not in outsiders but in locally owned businesses. inventory #25514. N° de réf. du vendeur z25514

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant ...

Éditeur : Free Press

Date d'édition : 1998

Reliure : hardcover

Etat : Very Good in Dustjacket

Etat de la jaquette : Very Good

Edition : First Edition.

A propos de ce titre

Synopsis :

Proposes a home-grown, community-based economic strategy meant to revive local marketplaces.

Présentation de l'éditeur:

National drug chains squeeze local pharmacies out of business, while corporate downsizing ships jobs overseas. All across America, communities large and small are losing control of their economies to outside interests. Going Local shows how some cities and towns are fighting back. Refusing to be overcome by Wal-Marts and layoffs, they are taking over abandoned factories, switching to local produce and manufactured goods, and pushing banks to loan money to local citizens. Shuman details how dozens of communities are recapturing their own economies with these new strategies, investing not in outsiders but in locally owned businesses.