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company town

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company town
n.
A town whose residents are dependent on the economic support of a single firm for maintenance of retail stores, schools, hospitals, and housing.

company town
n
(Business / Commerce) US and Canadian a town built by a company for its employees


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Marie, the community of 1,000 is a classic company town that was literally carved from the bush by the four Quebec-born Dubreuil brothers in 1961.
This chapter shows how ideas about race and labor segmentation relegated Mexican men to work in the poorly paid, backbreaking industry of brick making and confined them and their families to the "ethnic borders" of the company town.
People find ways to get things done, as opposed to in a strong steel mill company town where other people are given the responsibility to take care of them.
 
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