Company towns of the Pacific Northwest
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First published: 2003
1 language
ISBN: 9780295805535
Description
Social history of communities that existed in the twentieth century for timber, mining, dam, explosives and wartime workers, with an emphasis on their daily life: ethnic and gender make-up of population, housing, company store, recreation, education, religious services, transportation (many communities were landlocked), and impact of the world wars and the Great Depression. Includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and one community in British Columbia. Detailed map and many never previously published photographs.
