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The Company town : architecture and society in the early industrial age / edited by John S. Garner.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Company town architecture--History--19th century.
- Company town architecture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (245 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A survey of those towns traditionally associated with textiles, mining or tool manufacturing, particularly those which sprang up during the Industrial Revolution. The text describes and compares the concurrent development of selected towns in Europe and North America.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; I: COMPANY TOWNS IN EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA; 1. Merthyr Tydfil and Early Ironworks in South Wales; 2. Noisiel-sur-Marne and the Ville Industrielle in France; 3. The Company Town in Scandinavia; II: COMPANY TOWNS IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA; 4. Early New England Mill Towns of the Piscataqua River Valley; 5. Earle S. Draper and the Company Town in the American South; 6. Company Towns in the Western United States; 7. Company Towns of Chile and Argentina; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Bibliography: p233-241. - Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1992.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-771224-X
- 1-280-52583-5
- 0-19-536141-5
- 1-4294-0727-1
- OCLC:
- 466428240
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