FAYETTEVILLE: Author captures culture of region
Tells tales of Wal-Mart, others
Posted: November 5, 2009 at 5:11 a.m.
Marjorie Rosen signs copies of her book Boom Town: How Wal-Mart Transformed an All-American Town into an International Community after speaking Wednesday at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Multicultural Center inside the Arkansas Union.
The rapid expansion of Northwest Arkansas’ population serves as a portrait of social change that will become more common as corporations continue to transform America’s small towns, author Marjorie Rosen said Wednesday.
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Northwest Arkansas, Pages 9 on 11/05/2009
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