Company Towns - E-book - 9781137024671

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Company Towns - ENG

Labor, Space, And Power Relations Across Time And Continents

M. Borges

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ISBN:	9781137024671
Formato:	Page Fidelity
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer Nature
Tema:	Historia
Subtema:	Mundo
Año de publicación:	2012-08-16

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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