History 471

Primary Source for Presentation

llusk — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:16:32 +0000

For my presentation, I am having students watch a portion of the Frontline Documentary.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/walmart/

Please watch the introduction and the section entitled “The China Connection.”

new york times article

llusk — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:57:05 +0000

I just wrote a new post, but i published it under the wrong thing, so to view my post, go to the top of the page and click on new york times article.

catch up

llusk — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:31:34 +0000

i am beginning to realize that i am a tad behind on my research project, but watching the different documentaries the past couple days has helped me get back on track. I wasn’t sure which direction i was heading in, and i was lacking the motivation to figure it out. However, with “China In The Red”, and “Born Under the Red Flag” I am thinking that I need to concentrate on China’s economy. Walmart could not have become successful in China without the changes in China’s economy. I am going to begin my paper with a background of how China implemented a market economy and how Deng Xiaoping did so.

llusk — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:21:15 +0000

poster analysis

possible research ideas

llusk — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:19:49 +0000

as wordpress would say, howdy all…

For this first entry I wanted to share some ideas about our research assignment.

I am actually very interested in continuing with the idea I shared with the class on the first day: Walmart. I think that possibly comparing Walmart in China with the franchise in the US would be interesting. There are different labor laws, and I feel as though the whole idea of Walmart is polarized within these two countries. Like we discussed briefly on Monday, in America Walmart is a bit of a lower class shopping center, and there is somewhat of a stygma attached to it (thank you Megan M.). However, in China, Walmart is a place to go to buy more things that are offered in local towns and villages, so it would almost be luxurious to go there.

thanks for reading, any feedback?

work

llusk — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:48:05 +0000

check