by Hardy Green
Western Federation of Miners (WFM)
Westinghouse
West Virginia
West Virginia Mine Workers Union (WVMWU)
Wetherbee, Henry
WFM. See Western Federation of Miners
Whalen, Grover
Wheelwright, Ky.
Whig Party, Whigs
Whirlpool Corp.
Whitney, Eli
Whyte, William H.
Wichita Falls, Tx.
Widen, W.V.
Wigner, Eugene
Williams, Floyd
Wilson & Co.
Wilson, Edmund
Wilson, Woodrow
Wink, Tx.
Women
socialism and
textile-mill towns and
war industry and
Wood, Frederick
Wood, Leonard
Workingmen’s Benevolent Association (WBA)
World’s Columbian Exposition (1893)
World War I
World War II
Wright, Frank Lloyd
WVMWU. See West Virginia Mine Workers Union
Yahoo
YMCA
Young, Arthur H.
Zola, Emile
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Green, Hardy.
The company town : the industrial Edens and satanic mills that shaped the American economy / Hardy Green. p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
eISBN : 978-0-465-02264-9
1. Company towns—United States—History. 2. Industries—United States—History. 3. Industrial relations—United States—History. I. Title.
HT123.G723 2010
307.76’70973—dc22
2010013434
