Title:
The company town : the industrial Edens and satanic mills that shaped the American economy / Hardy Green.
Author:
Green, Hardy.
Publication Information:
New York : Basic Books, c2010.
Call Number:
HT123 .G723 2010
Abstract:
Examines how towns across the United States have grown thanks to the existence of one large business being run from the community, discusses how those single-business communities have influenced the American economy, and explores the benefits and consequences of these towns.
Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010013434-b.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010013434-d.html
ISBN:
9780465018260
Physical Description:
vii, 248 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
A city on a hill -- Utopia -- Exploitationville -- A southern principality -- The magic city -- On the road to the consumer economy -- The instant cities of the good war -- A world transformed.
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