Building the Worker's Paradise: The Design of American Company Towns
This innovative and absorbing book surveys a little known chapter in the story of American urbanism--the history of communities built and owned by companies seeking to bring their workers' homes and place of employment together on a single site.
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This innovative and absorbing book surveys a little known chapter in the story of American urbanism--the history of communities built and owned by companies seeking to bring their workers' homes and place of employment together on a single site.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Pt. IThe Industrial Landscape Transformed: 1790-18901Textile Landscapes: 1790-1850112The Company Town in an Era of Industrial Expansion293Welfare Capitalism, Housing Reform, and the Company Town464Designers and the "New" Company Town615The Search for a Style78Pt. IIDesigning the "New" Company Town6Americanizing the Garden City: Grosvenor Atterbury and Indian Hall1017Redesigning the Mining Town: Bertram Goodhue and Tyrone, New Mexico1298Professional Solutions: John Nolen and the Standardization of Company Town Planning1529Regional Alternatives: Earle S. Draper and the Southern Textile Mill Village174Conclusion: The End of the Company Town200Notes213Index240
