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The company town : the industrial Edens and satanic mills that shaped the American economy / Hardy Green.
| Author/creator | Green, Hardy |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Basic Books, ©2010. |
| Description | vii, 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2010013434 |
| ISBN | 9780465018260 (hc.) |
| ISBN | 0465018262 |