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Author Garner, John S., 1945-

Title The model company town : urban design through private enterprise in nineteenth-century New England / John S. Garner.

Publication Info. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1984.
©1982

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  307.76 G234M    Check Shelf
Description xiv, 288 pages : illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [266]-282.
Note Includes index.
Form Also issued online.
Contents Introduction. Different Types of Industrial Towns ; Outline and Procedure -- Pt. 1. The Model Company Town. Morphology. Technological and Economic Advancements ; From Industrial Village to Company Town: Four Examples ; From Company Town to New Town -- Paternalism. The Guilding Hand ; Cultivating the Industrial Landscape ; The Architecture of Philanthropy -- Housing. The Nature and Extent of the Housing Problem ; Model Dwellings ; International Housing Congresses and Exhibits -- Pt. 2. Hopedale, Massachusetts: A Model Company Town. The Morphology of Hopedale. A Communitarian Failure ; An Industrial Success ; Shaping a Model Company Town -- Paternalism in Hopedale. The Drapers ; The Workers ; The Landscape ; The Architecture -- Company Housing in Hopedale -- Conclusion.
Subject Company towns -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
Company towns -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
City planning -- New England -- History -- 19th century.
City planning -- New England -- History -- 19th century -- Case studies.
City planning -- Massachusetts -- Hopedale -- History -- 19th century.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Other Form: Online version: Garner, John S., 1945- Model company town. Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 1984, c1982 (OCoLC)563631735
ISBN 0870234420
9780870234422
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