The model company town : urban design through private enterprise in nineteenth-century New England / John S. Garner.

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Garner, John S., 1945-

Title & Author:

The model company town : urban design through private enterprise in nineteenth-century New England / John S. Garner.

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Description:

xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-282) and index.
Introduction. Different Types of Industrial Towns ; Outline and Procedure -- pt. 1. The Model Company Town. Morphology. Technological and Economic Advancements ; From Industrial Village to Company Town: Four Examples ; From Company Town to New Town -- Paternalism. The Guilding Hand ; Cultivating the Industrial Landscape ; The Architecture of Philanthropy -- Housing. The Nature and Extent of the Housing Problem ; Model Dwellings ; International Housing Congresses and Exhibits -- pt. 2. Hopedale, Massachusetts: A Model Company Town. The Morphology of Hopedale. A Communitarian Failure ; An Industrial Success ; Shaping a Model Company Town -- Paternalism in Hopedale. The Drapers ; The Workers ; The Landscape ; The Architecture -- Company Housing in Hopedale -- Conclusion.
Also issued online.

ISBN:

0870234420
9780870234422

Subject:

Company towns New England History 19th century.
Company towns New England History 19th century Case studies.
City planning New England History 19th century.
City planning New England History 19th century Case studies.
City planning Massachusetts Hopedale History 19th century.
Villes fermées Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Villes fermées Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle Cas, Études de.
Urbanisme Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Urbanisme Nouvelle-Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle Cas, Études de.
Urbanisme Massachusetts Hopedale Histoire 19e siècle.
City planning.
Company towns.
Massachusetts Hopedale.
New England.

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Case studies.
History.
Études de cas.

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Location: Library main 80650
Call No.: PO14172; ID:86-B15387
Status: Available

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