Title: Company towns of the Pacific Northwest
First published: 2003
Description: Social history of communities that existed in the twentieth century for timber, mining, dam, explosives and wartime workers, with an emphasis on their daily life: ethnic and gender make-up of population, housing, company store, recreation, education, religious services, transportation (many communities were landlocked), and impact of the world wars and the Great Depression. Includes Washington, Oregon, Idaho and one community in British Columbia. Detailed map and many never previously published photographs.
Subjects: City and town life, Company towns, Economic conditions, History, History, Local, Local History, Social conditions, Northwest history, timber communities, coal mining in Northwest, Northwest, pacific, history, Canada, economic conditions
Places: Pacific Northwest, Pacific States, Port Gamble, Grisdale, Gilchrist, Shevlin, Holden, Richland, Coulee Dam, Dupont, Vanport, Kinzua, Valsetz, Roche Harbor, Potlatch
Time periods: Covers the period 1900-2000.
LC classification: F851 .C277 2003