This innovative and absorbing book surveys a little known chapter in the story of American urbanism—the history of communities built and owned by single compa

This innovative and absorbing book surveys a little known chapter in the story of American urbanism—the history of communities built and owned by single compa

Paradise Planned is the definitive history of the development of the garden suburb, a phenomenon that originated in England in the late eighteenth century, was

A century ago, Treadwell, Alaska, was a featured stop on steamship cruises, a rich, up-to-date town that was the most prominent and proud in all Alaska. Its wea

Company towns first appeared in Europe and North America with the industrial revolution and followed the expansion of capital to frontier societies, colonies, a