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Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke
2012
266 Pages
ISBN 978-1-349-43859-4
Company towns
labor, space, and power relations across time and continents
Edited by
Marcelo J. Borges, Susana B. Torres
Company towns first appeared in Europe and North America with the industrial revolution and followed the expansion of capital to frontier societies, colonies, and new nations. Their common feature was the degree of company control and supervision, reaching beyond the workplace into workers' private and social lives. Major sites of urban experimentation, paternalism, and welfare practices, company towns were also contested terrain of negotiations and confrontations between capital and labor. Looking at historical and contemporary examples from Europe, the Americas,Africa, and Asia, this book explores company towns' global reach and adaptability to diverse geographical, political, and cultural contexts.
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Full citation:
Borges, M. J. , Torres, S. B. (eds) (2012). Company towns: labor, space, and power relations across time and continents, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.
Table of Contents
Torres Susana B.; Borges Marcelo J.
111-149
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