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Ranging from Hershey, Pennsylvania to Alcoa, Tennessee, to Google's Project 02, American Capitalism and the concept of the company town have been inextricably linked throughout the history of the nation. In this book, the author details this relationship across the historical and geographic landscape of the United States.

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The Company Town by Hardy Green

Ranging from Hershey, Pennsylvania to Alcoa, Tennessee, to Google's Project 02, American Capitalism and the concept of the company town have been inextricably linked throughout the history of the nation. In this book, the author details this relationship across the historical and geographic landscape of the United States.
Hardy Green is a former Associate Editor at BusinessWeek, where he was responsible for the magazines book review coverage. He still writes regularly about the book publishing industry, and has published features on travel, investing, business history, technology, and careers. He is the author of the academic history On Strike at Hormel: The Struggle for a Democratic Labor Movement. Green has taught history at New York's School of Visual Arts and Stony Brook University, from which he holds a PhD in US History. He lives in New York City.
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ISBN 13 9780465018260
ISBN 10 0465018262
Title The Company Town
Author Hardy Green
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Basic Books
Year published 2010-09-07
Number of pages 264
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.