Barbara Ehrenreich's NICKLED AND DIMED.

 "story gallery" at the LA Times on WalMart. It's a nice set of investigative articles available at

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-walmart-sg,1,1534896.storygallery

I hope that the Times decided to leave it on-line for a while! (You do need to register, but there's no charge involved.)

 Amazon.com research produced these titles:

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**Hometown Advantage : How to Defend Your Main Street Against Chain Stores and Why it Matters*, by Stacy Mitchell <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Mitchell%2C%20Stacy/002-5272330-0559242>, Inst for Local Self Reliance; (February 2000*), ISBN:* 0917582896

*Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart*, by Al Norman, <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Norman%2C%20Al/002-5272330-0559242> Raphel Marketing; (July 15, 1999)* ISBN:*

096248086X

*How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and The World and What You Can Do About It*, by Bill Quinn <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books&field-author=Quinn%2C%20Bill/002-5272330-0559242>, Ten Speed Press; (December 2000)* ISBN: *1580082319

The Norman book, which is in part about a successful campaign to block WalMart expansion into a small community, seems to be the strongest.