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What Are Company Towns?

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    • Citations for this Episode:

    • PBS: Slavery by Another Name
      https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/company-towns
    • The Rise and Fall of Company Towns
      https://www.richmondfed.org/publications/research/econ_focus/2023/q3_economic_history
    • Social Welfare History Project: Company Towns 1880s to 1935
      https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/organizations/labor/company-towns-1890s-to-1935
    • Wage Stagnation in 9 charts
      https://www.epi.org/publication/charting-wage-stagnation/
    • Hershey, PA — Too Sweet to be True?
      https://chocolateclass.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/hershey-pa-too-sweet-to-be-true/
    • Smithsonian: America’s Company Towns, Then and Now
      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/americas-company-towns-then-and-now-180956382
    • Pacific Junction, IA
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Junction,_Iowa
    • Burlington Railroad Strike of 1888
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington_railroad_strike_of_1888
    • Google and Facebook are Building the Ultimate Company Perk: Housing
      https://medium.com/cxo-magazine/google-and-facebook-are-building-the-ultimate-perk-housing-3ec8ba3c4f6b
    • History: The Pullman Porters Union
      https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/pullman-porters

      • Music Credits:

      • “Wishful Thinking” – Dan ⁠⁠⁠Lebowitz:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOg3zLw7St5V4N7O8HSoQRA⁠⁠
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