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Un-American and yet, totally American | Company Towns
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52:16Now PlayingThere'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
Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams (2006)
Michael D'Antonio
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (2009)
Greg Grandin
-Documentaries-
Company Town (2016)
American ExperienceThe Mine Wars (2016)
Slavery by Another Name (2012)
Mysteries of the Abandoned S2 E7 "Amazon Ghost Town" (2018)
The Amazon Awakens (1944)
-Youtube Videos-
The History (and Return) of Company Towns | Prism of the Past
Company Towns are BACK! Now they're "Innovation Zones"
Nevada Bill Will Allow Companies to RUN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT Dystopia Speedrun
Reinventing Company Towns in Nevada A Lesson from Labor History in Why People will Suffer
Disney's Perfect Town
Why Facebook is Building a City
Facebook Is Building A City For Its Employees
Company Towns feat. The Trillbillies
Skagit Tours North Cascades Explorer Tours (closed caption)
Life in a company town
Episode 25Company Scrip (A History of Central Florida Series)
Governor Sisolak’s 2021 State of the State Address
-Movies and TV-
South Park S22 E9 "Unfulfilled" (2018)
South Park S22 E10 "Bike Parade" (2018)
October Sky (1999)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
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Production Assistant - Rozarah
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Music - Michael Cotten
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