Title & Author:

The Company town : architecture and society in the early industrial age / edited by John S. Garner.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Description:

245 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-241) and index.
Merthyr Tydfil and early ironworks in south Wales / Bruce Thomas -- Noisiel-sur-Marne and the ville industrielle in France / John S. Garner -- The company town in Scandinavia / Mats Ahnlund, Lasse Brunnström -- Early New England mill towns of the Piscataqua River valley / Richard M. Candee -- Earle S. Draper and the company town in the American south / Margaret Crawford -- Company towns in the western United States / Leland M. Roth -- Company towns of Chile and Argentina / Olga Paterlini de Koch.

Summary:

Company towns - those associated with textiles, mining, or tool manufacturing, for example - are found worldwide and have been in existence for many centuries. But with the coming of the Industrial Revolution, what had been isolated instances of town building became a veritable phenomenon. With explosive growth, virtually hundreds of them appeared in the Western World until about the time of the Great Depression, with development most intensive and homogenous in Europe and the Americas. Although the technological experience of the Industrial Revolution has been widely chronicled and the stories of misplaced banking and exploited labor well documented, until now the actual settings of company towns and the overall achievement in industrial architecture and town planning have been largely ignored. The Company Town describes the concurrent development and building of selected towns in Europe and the Americas, assessing technical advances in factory building, worker housing, and the public buildings that owner-industrialists, in their capacity as philanthropists, bestowed upon such towns. In many instances, the company town came to symbolize the wrecking of the environment, especially in places associated with extractive industries such as mining and lumber milling. Some resident industrialists, however, took a genuine interest in the welfare of their work forces, and in a number of instances hired architects to provide a model environment. Overtaken by time, these towns were either abandoned or caught up in suburban growth. The most thorough-going and only international assessment of the company town, this collection of essays by specialists and authorities of each region offers a balanced account of architectural and social history and provides a better understanding of the architectural and urban experiences of the early industrial age.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195070275 (acid-free)
9780195070279 (acid-free)

Subject:

Company town architecture History 19th century.
Architecture and society.
Villes fermées Architecture Histoire 19e siècle.
Architecture et société.
Company town architecture
Großbetrieb
Industrialisierung
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Aufsatzsammlung
Industriesteden.
Towns History

Form/genre:

Electronic books.
Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Added entries:

Garner, John S., 1945-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 74689
Call No.: ID:92-B2247
Status: Available