Description
Company town: the very phrase sounds un-American. Yet company towns are the essence of America. Hershey bars, Corning glassware, Kohler bathroom fixtures, Maytag washers, Spam--each is the signature product of a company town in which one business, for better or for worse, exercises a grip over the population. In The Company Town, Hardy Green, who has covered American business for over a decade, describes the emergence of these communities and their role in shaping the American economy since the country's earliest years. But rather than adhering to a uniform blueprint, American company towns have come to represent two very different strands of capitalism: one humanistic, the other exploitative. Through the framework of this dichotomy, Green provides a compelling analysis of the effect of the company town on the development of American capitalism, and tells the sweeping tale of how the American economy has grown and changed over the years.
Author: Hardy Green
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 07/01/2012
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.80w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9780465028863
ISBN10: 0465028861
BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern | 20th Century | General
- History | United States | 20th Century
- Business & Economics | Economic History
About the Author
Hardy Green is a former Associate Editor at BusinessWeek, where he was responsible for the magazine's book review coverage. He still writes regularly about the book publishing industry, and has published features on travel, investing, business history, technology, and careers.