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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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Book category Books in English Humanities History Regional & national history

• Full title: Company Towns
• Author: Marcelo J Borges
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 276
• EAN: 9781137024664
• ISBN: 1137024666
• ID: 01212784
• Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
• Weight: 490 g
• Dimensions: 220 × 145 × 21 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. August 2012

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