There'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
https://amzn.to/3x5c1JE

Hershey: Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams (2006)
Michael D'Antonio
https://amzn.to/3DCNU7E

Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City (2009)
Greg Grandin
https://amzn.to/3paZ11H

Documentaries

Company Town (2016) - https://www.kanopy.com/video/company-...
American Experience: The Mine Wars (2016) - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexpe...
Slavery by Another Name (2012) - https://www.pbs.org/video/slavery-ano...
Mysteries of the Abandoned S2 E7 "Amazon Ghost Town" (2018) - https://amzn.to/3dka17g
The Amazon Awakens (1944) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3623476/

Youtube Videos

The History (and Return) of Company Towns | Prism of the Past -    • The History (and Return) of Company T...  
Company Towns are BACK! Now they're "Innovation Zones" -    • Company Towns are BACK! Now they're "...  
Nevada Bill Will Allow Companies to RUN THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT - Dystopia Speedrun -    • Nevada Bill Will Allow Companies to R...  
Reinventing Company Towns in Nevada - A Lesson from Labor History in Why People will Suffer -    • Reinventing Company Towns in Nevada -...  
Disney's Perfect Town -    • Disney's Perfect Town  
Why Facebook is Building a City -    • Why Facebook is Building a City  
Facebook Is Building A City For Its Employees -    • Facebook Is Building A City For Its E...  
Company Towns feat. The Trillbillies -    • Company Towns feat. The Trillbillies ...  
Skagit Tours -- North Cascades Explorer Tours (closed caption) -    • Skagit Tours -- North Cascades Explor...  
Life in a company town -    • Life in a company town  
Episode 25: Company Scrip (A History of Central Florida Series) -    • Episode 25: Company Scrip (A History ...  
Governor Sisolak’s 2021 State of the State Address -    • Governor Sisolak’s 2021 State of the ...  

Movies and TV

South Park S22 E9 "Unfulfilled" (2018)
South Park S22 E10 "Bike Parade" (2018)
October Sky (1999) - https://amzn.to/3og47u8
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) - https://amzn.to/32gfaeb
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) - https://amzn.to/3q9kI2m

Websites
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https://thenevadaindependent.com/arti...
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https://www.heraldnet.com/life/three-...
https://hersheyarchives.org/encyclope...
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/wo...
https://www.history.com/news/hersheys...
https://www.seattle.gov/light/DamTour...

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Video Credits -
Pocahontas (1995) - https://amzn.to/3K5sR18

Photo Credits -
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0:00 Introduction
4:09 Lowell, MA
7:01 Pullman, IL
11:00 Hershey, PA
19:28 Coal Camps, WV
28:39 Gary, IN
32:08 Fordlandia, Brazil
43:00 Single Enterprise Communities
48:36 The Future and Conclusion

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