This work surveys the 200-year history of company towns in the United States - a crucial chapter in the increasingly important area of urban studies. Crawford analyzes the development of the towns in a complex framework involving economic, social and ideological influences.
Margaret Crawford is Professor and Chair of the History and Theory of Architecture Program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture. She edited The Car and the City: The Automobile, The Built Environment, and Daily Life.
In her brilliant exploration of company towns from 1790 to 1925,
Margaret Crawford has created the definitive book on this major
topic in American economic and urban history, as well as a model of
fine analytical writing about the politics of design. Her work
reveals the potential of architectural history to illuminate the
contested terrains of housing, urban design, and social life.
*Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture, Urbanism and American
Studies, Yale University.*
In her brilliant exploration of company towns from 1790 to 1925, Margaret Crawford has created the definitive book on this major topic in American economic and urban history, as well as a model of fine analytical writing about the politics of design. Her work reveals the potential of architectural history to illuminate the contested terrains of housing, urban design, and social life. -- Dolores Hayden, Professor of Architecture, Urbanism and American Studies, Yale University.
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