{"product_id":"great-ap-and-the-struggle-for-small-business-in-america-0809051435-used","title":"Great A\u0026P and the Struggle for Small Business in America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0809051435\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e LEVINSON, MARC\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of The Wall Street Journal's Best Non fiction Books of 2011.From modest beginnings as a tea shop, the Great Atlantic \u0026amp; Pacific Tea Company became the largest retailer in the world. It was a juggernaut, with nearly sixteen thousand stores. But its explosive growth made it a mortal threat to mom-and-pop grocery stores across the nation. Main Street fought back tooth and nail, leading the Hoover, Roosevelt, and Truman administrations to investigate the Great A\u0026amp;P. In a remarkable court case, the government pressed criminal charges against the company for selling food too cheaply-and won.In The Great A\u0026amp;P and the Struggle for Small Business in America, the acclaimed historian Marc Levinson tells the story of a struggle between small business and big business that tore America apart. 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. George demanded a rock-solid balance sheet; John was the marketer-entrepreneur who led A\u0026amp;P through seven decades of rapid changes. Together, they set the stage for the modern consumer economy by turning an archaic retail industry into a highly efficient system for distributing food at low cost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52340925268256,"sku":"USED0809051435","price":45.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71D6upmk0pL.jpg?v=1789147431","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/great-ap-and-the-struggle-for-small-business-in-america-0809051435-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}