more with bethany moreton and nancy maclean in a moment. after words with bethany moreton and nancy maclean continues. >> host: welcome back to booktv after words, i am a nancy maclean, historian of the 20th-century united states at northwestern university and the author of a book called "freedom is not enough: the opening of the american workplace". which looks of the struggles for equality in the workplace by various groups after world war ii beginning with african-americans, mexican-americans and women in the conservative responses to those and looks at how those really reshaping of politics over the last 50 years. and i think through the research on that but i somehow came to be sitting in this chair having the chance to encounter a wonderful new book by bethany moreton who is here to talk about her book "to serve god and wal-mart: the making of christian free enterprise". which is just now been published by harvard university press. and one of the things that you touched on in the earlier half of our discussion that we didn't really ge

nancy maclean, historian of the 20 of such a dash 20th-century northwest and i am interviewing bethany moreton professors sp 13 as the town and author of a "to serve god and wal-mart: the making of christian free enterprise" which is published by harvard university press. first of all, i want to say congratulations, this is an extraordinary work of history. i have read a great deal about wal-mart's over the last decade or so and i have picked up your pocket transformed might understanding of this phenomenon. the story that you tell is rich and gripping and the details are sometimes amazing, there are surprises. all throughout barrett in the analysis is bold and original so i think which you have here gives us all a lot to think about and i think this is going to be a rich discussion today. this is a book ranges through southern history and the development of capitalism in the ozarks and religious revivalism and women and changes in the family economy, the expansion of free enterprise, like america and the '70s and '80s so there is some much going on here here and i hope to be able to give our