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company town n (Business / Commerce) US and Canadian a town built by a company for its employees How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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