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For the Love of Murphy's:

The Behind-the-Counter Story of a Great American Retailer
  • ISBN-13: 9780271033716
  • Publisher: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Jason Togyer
  • Price: AUD $80.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 14/11/2012
  • Format: Paperback 292 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History [HB]
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Presents a detailed history of the G. C. Murphy Company, headquartered in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Examines the larger context of the origins and evolution of five-and-ten-cent stores.


Contents

List of Illustrations

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

1. Bethel Park, 1970

2. A Revolution in Retailing

3. The Macy’s of Appalachia

4. Can You Spare a Dime?

5. The Murphy Girls

6. At War at Home and Abroad

7 Meals at Murphy’s

8. The Fabulous Fifties

9. The Pride of the Chain

10. McKeesport Yankees in Dixieland

11. Determination and Diversion

12. Happy Holidays

13. Home Runs and a Few Errors

14. Triumph and Trial

15. Aftermath and Legacy

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For the Love of Murphy’s documents a quintessentially American business, delving into its origins, growth, and ultimate demise, and it will be appreciated by historians and students of business as well as researchers on topics including rural life, women’s studies, World Wars I and II, and labor history.”

—Mary A. Larson, The Oral History Review

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