F. W. Woolworth and the American Five and Dime
Subtitle: A Social History
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: March 12, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9780786414338
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Popular culture; Retail sector; Service industries; Social History; 20th century; Sociology; History Of Specific Companies; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; United States - 20th Century; Corporate & Business History - General; Business; United States - General
Description: "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.