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Company towns of the Pacific Northwest /

"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 But these stereotypes are outdated, especially for those company towns...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carlson, Linda.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, c2003.
Subjects:
Company towns > Pacific States > History.
City and town life > Pacific States > History.
Company towns > Northwest, Pacific > History.
Pacific States > Social conditions.
Pacific States > Economic conditions.
Pacific States > History, Local.
Northwest, Pacific > History, Local.
History.
Local history.
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Table of Contents:
  • When the Boss Built the Town
  • Bunkhouses, Tent Houses, and Silk Stocking Row
  • Who Lived in Company Towns?
  • When the Dinner Bell Clanged
  • Education in the Company Town
  • Religion in the Company Town
  • Baseball, Bowling, Bands, and Bridge Tournaments
  • The Importance of the Company Store
  • Forty Miles from Nowhere
  • Getting the News in Company Towns
  • When the "Dead Whistle" Blew
  • Depression and World Wars
  • Fame
  • Even If Fleeting
  • The Paternalistic Company Town Boss
  • When the Town Shut Down
  • The Bottom Line.

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