Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest

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ISBN-10:

0295742917

ISBN-13:

9780295742915

Author(s): Carlson, Linda
Edition: Revised
Released: Oct 10, 2017
Format: Paperback, 296 pages
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Description:

"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 But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century.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.












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