Company Towns : Industry Power and the Historical Foundations of Public Mistrust.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elder, Elizabeth Mitchell.

Series:

Chicago Studies in American Politics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal mines and mining.

Company towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2026.

Summary:

Reveals the deep, historical roots of public distrust in former mining areas in the US, shedding new light on the corrosive feedback loops that persist today.In Company Towns , Elizabeth Mitchell Elder examines the long-lasting political legacies of mining-company dominance in the Midwest and Appalachia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

CHAPTER ONE Politics and Power in the Company Town

PART I Governments Under Industry Dominance and Decline

CHAPTER TWO Land, Wealth, and Labor in Coal Country

CHAPTER THREE Coal and Capacity

CHAPTER FOUR Corruption and Control

PART II After the Company Town: Accountability and Trust

CHAPTER FIVE Asking for Better?

CHAPTER SIX The Elephant in the Room

CHAPTER SEVEN Traveling Beyond Coal Towns

Acknowledgments

Appendix Supplemental Information on Survey Methods

Index

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ISBN:

0-226-84452-8

9780226844527

OCLC:

1574809968