You know J.C. Penney as a department store, anchoring many a suburban shopping mall, one of several giant retailers feeling the squeeze from the likes of Amazon. Penney’s today seems no more rural than Target or Macy’s – but it wasn’t always this way. In J.C. Penney: The man, the store, and American agriculture, David Delbert Kruger introduces James Cash Penney, a Missouri farm boy who opened many of his stores on Main Streets to serve rural America.
Here’s what you need to do this month:
Get the book. Buy it, borrow it, read over your neighbor’s shoulder — we don’t care. But don’t steal the book.
Read the book.
• Week 1: Intro and chapters 1 & 2 (Twitter chat on 1/2)
• Week 2: Chapters 3 – 5 (Twitter chat on 1/9)
• Week 3: Chapters 6 – 8 (Twitter chat on 1/16)
• Week 4: Chapters 9 – 11 (Twitter chat on 1/23)
• Week 5: Chapters 12 – end (Twitter chat on 1/30)
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