Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest
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2004 Washington State Book Award Finalist
"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 But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century. In Compan... More
"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 But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns that flourished well into the twentieth century. In Compan... More
Book Information
Publisher | University of Washington Press |
Binding | Paperback (2 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 288 |
ISBN-10 | 0295983329 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0295983325 |
Publication Date | 01/01/2003 |
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