A selection of maps from Zook, Matthew* and Mark Graham*. (2006). Wal-Mart Nation: Mapping the Reach of
a Retail Colossus. In Wal-Mart World. ed. S. Brunn. Routledge. 15-25.
This chapter takes measure of this retail colossus through an analysis of its size and geographical reach with particular attention to Wal-Mart's regional and local distribution within the United States.
* Department of Geography, University of Kentucky

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Permission to use these maps in unaltered form for non-commercial purposes is granted provided that it is sourced as follows, Source: Matthew Zook and Mark Graham (http://www.zook.info/Wal-Mart/)

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