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F.W. Woolworth and the American five and dime : a social history

Title
F.W. Woolworth and the American five and dime : a social history / by Jean Maddern Pitrone.
Author
Pitrone, Jean Maddern, 1920-2008.
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., [2003], ©2003.

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221 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
Summary
  • "For more than a century, Woolworth's five and dime store represented Americana. This history gives a full account of the chain, its rags-to-riches founder, Frank W. Woolworth, and his flamboyant and tragic descendants.
  • It traces the important role that Woolworth stores played in the sit-down strikes of the 1930s, the lunch counter sit-ins that began in Greensboro, North Carolina, as part of the civil rights movement (which tainted Woolworth's as the Big Business enemy of the downtrodden), and the gradual disintegration of the five and tens during the 1980s and early 1990s.
  • The dramatic story is enhanced with important photos featuring such events as the closing of a Woolworth's in Germany by Nazi soldiers and the Greensboro sit-in as well as archival photos from Woolworth's 40th, 50th, and 60th anniversary booklets."--BOOK JACKET.
Alternative Title
F.W. Woolworth and the American five and dime
Subject
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-210) and index.
Contents
1. The Worst Time of His Life -- 2. "The Great Five" Acquires a Family -- 3. Luxury in the Gay Nineties Bring -- 4. The Big Push Overseas -- 5. World's Tallest - Woolworth Skyscraper -- 6. Heartbreaking Tragedy for the Woolworths -- 7. Multi-millionaire Patriarch Dies -- 8. "Everybody's Store" -- 9. A Grim Decade Begins -- 10. Protests, Demonstrations and Strikes -- 11. Woolworth Hit by Sit-downs -- 12. Marriages, Divorces and a Real War -- 13. Post-war Labor Problems -- 14. Approaching the Billion-dollar Sales Goal -- 15. Sit-ins Challenge Woolworth -- 16. Expansion Becomes the Byword -- 17. Struggles with the Economy -- 18. Ups and Downs of the 1980s -- 19. Nobody's Store.
ISBN
0786414332 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
LCCN
2002153996
OCLC
  • ocm51087963
  • SCSB-4349439
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Columbia University Libraries