Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest e-bog
253,01 DKK
(inkl. moms 316,26 DKK)
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 But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century.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 an...
E-bog
253,01 DKK
Udgivet
1 september 2017
Længde
296 sider
Genrer
History of specific companies / corporate history
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780295742922
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 But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century.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.