Building the Workingman's Paradise The Design of American Company Towns

by Crawford, Margaret

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ISBN-13: 9780860916956
ISBN: 0860916952
Publisher: Verso Books

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Crawford, Margaret

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"[The book] examines a small but telling sidelight of modern capitalism--the equivocal role of employers in the creation of worker housing....Margaret Crawford's volume is blessedly free of political cant....The most notable aspect of the book is the fact that many architects, city planners, and landscape designers truly wanted to build good, affordable worker housing..."Crawford, Margaret is the author of 'Building the Workingman's Paradise The Design of American Company Towns' with ISBN 9780860916956 and ISBN 0860916952.

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