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Building the Workingman's Paradise The Design of American Company Towns

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ISBN-10: 0860916952

ISBN-13: 9780860916956

Edition: 1995

Authors: Margaret Crawford

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Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication date: 2/17/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 7.80" wide x 8.60" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Industrial Landscape Transformed: 1790-1890
Textile Landscapes: 1790-1850
The Company Town in an Era of Industrial Expansion
Welfare Capitalism, Housing Reform, and the Company Town
Designers and the "New" Company Town
The Search for a Style
Designing the "New" Company Town
Americanizing the Garden City: Grosvenor Atterbury and Indian Hall
Redesigning the Mining Town: Bertram Goodhue and Tyrone, New Mexico
Professional Solutions: John Nolen and the Standardization of Company Town Planning
Regional Alternatives: Earle S. Draper and the Southern Textile Mill Village
Conclusion: The End of the Company Town
Notes
Index