Bibliograph

Saving Main Street, small business in the time of COVID-19, Gary Rivlin

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Saving Main Street, small business in the time of COVID-19, Gary Rivlin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Include bibliographical references

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maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Saving Main Street

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1336591395

Responsibility statement

Gary Rivlin

Sub title

small business in the time of COVID-19

Summary

"Journalist Gary Rivlin looks at how COVID-19 and government policies affected businesses throughout the pandemic"--, Provided by publisherAmericans extol the virtues of small, local, often family-run shops, yet buy from big-box retailers and chains that dominate the competition. Even before the pandemic, small businesses seemed endangered. When COVID-19 hit, the resounding question was: How will they be able to survive this? Rivlin focuses on the first days of the covid lockdown and the ensuing eighteen months of chaos. He examines commonly held "myths"; contradictions in government policy; enormous racial and class fissures; a national self-identity intrinsically connected to the ideal of small business, and how the decline of this American way of retail impacts our notions of American exceptionalism, community, and civic duty. -- adapted from jacket

Table Of Contents

Heavy is the crown -- Governor Richie Rich -- Fearless -- The coronavirus comes to Hazelton -- Washington -- Preexisting conditions -- The old forge -- Governor dictator -- Bikini season -- Family reunion -- The corner druggist -- Extinction-level threats -- People hate us on Yelp -- It takes a village -- 10 percent capacity -- The fall surge -- Makersville -- The hammer and the dance -- Starvation mode -- "Surviving long enough to survive" -- Maxed out -- Wait till next year -- Dream small

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