Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns

There's a tendency to think about company towns as a quaint relic of the past, something that disappeared a century ago. But company towns aren't just some quirk of American history, they are American history.
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Books
The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills that Shaped the American Economy (2010)
Hardy Green
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Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams (2006)
Michael D'Antonio
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (2009)
Greg Grandin
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Documentaries
Company Town (2016) - www.kanopy.com/video/company-...
American Experience: The Mine Wars (2016) - www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
Slavery by Another Name (2012) - www.pbs.org/video/slavery-ano...
Mysteries of the Abandoned S2 E7 "Amazon Ghost Town" (2018) - amzn.to/3dka17g
The Amazon Awakens (1944) - www.imdb.com/title/tt3623476/
KZbin Videos
The History (and Return) of Company Towns | Prism of the Past - • The History (and Retur...
Company Towns are BACK! Now they're "Innovation Zones" - • Company Towns are BACK...
Nevada Bill Will Allow Companies to RUN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT - Dystopia Speedrun - • Nevada Bill Will Allow...
Reinventing Company Towns in Nevada - A Lesson from Labor History in Why People will Suffer - • Reinventing Company To...
Disney's Perfect Town - • Disney's Perfect Town
Why Facebook is Building a City - • Why Facebook is Buildi...
Facebook Is Building A City For Its Employees - • Facebook Is Building A...
Company Towns feat. The Trillbillies - • Company Towns feat. Th...
Skagit Tours -- North Cascades Explorer Tours (closed caption) - • Skagit Tours -- North ...
Life in a company town - • Life in a company town
Episode 25: Company Scrip (A History of Central Florida Series) - • Episode 25: Company Sc...
Governor Sisolak’s 2021 State of the State Address - • Governor Sisolak’s 202...
Movies and TV
South Park S22 E9 "Unfulfilled" (2018)
South Park S22 E10 "Bike Parade" (2018)
October Sky (1999) - amzn.to/3og47u8
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) - amzn.to/32gfaeb
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - amzn.to/3q9kI2m
Websites
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0:00 Introduction
4:09 Lowell, MA
7:01 Pullman, IL
11:00 Hershey, PA
19:28 Coal Camps, WV
28:39 Gary, IN
32:08 Fordlandia, Brazil
43:00 Single Enterprise Communities
48:36 The Future and Conclusion
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