Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest by Carlson 9780295742922 0295742925

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Product details:

• ISBN 10: 0295742925
• ISBN 13: 9780295742922
• Author: Carlson 

“Company town.” The words evoke images of rough-and-tumble loggers and gritty miners, of dreary shacks in isolated villages, of wages paid in scrip good only at price-gouging company stores of paternalistic employers. But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century. This new edition updates the status of the surviving towns and how they have changed in the fifteen years since the original edition, and what new life has been created on the sites of the ones that were razed. In the preface, Linda Carlson reflects on how wonderful it has been to meet people who lived in these towns, or had parents who did, and to hear about their memorable experiences.

Table contents:

1 / When the Boss Built the Town
2 / Bunkhouses, Tent Houses, and Silk Stocking Row
3 / Who Lived in Company Towns?
4 / When the Dinner Bell Clanged
5 / Education in the Company Town
6 / Religion in the Company Town
7 / Baseball, Bowling, Bands, and Bridge Tournaments
8 / The Importance of the Company Store
9 / Forty Miles from Nowhere
10 / Getting the News in Company Towns
11 / When the “Dead Whistle” Blew
12 / Depression and World Wars
13 / Fame—Even If Fleeting
14 / The Paternalistic Company Town Boss
15 / When the Town Shut Down
16 / The Bottom Line

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