{"product_id":"mine-towns-buildings-for-workers-in-michigans-copper-country-9780816665679","title":"Mine Towns: Buildings for Workers in Michigans Copper Country","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the nineteenth century  the Keweenaw Peninsula of Northern Michigan was the site of Americas first mineral land rush as companies hastened to profit from the regions vast copper deposits. In order to lure workers to such a remote locationand work long hours in dangerous conditionscompanies offered not just competitive wages but also helped provide the very infrastructure of town life in the form of affordable housing  schools  health-care facilities  and churches.  The first working-class history of domestic life in Copper Country company towns during the boom years of 1890 to 1918  Alison K. Hoaglands Mine Towns investigates how the architecture of a company town revealed the paternal relationship that existed between company managers and workersa relationship that both parties turned to their own advantage. The story of Joseph and Antonia Putrich  immigrants from Croatia  punctuates and illustrates the realities of life in a booming company town. While company managers provided housing as a way to develop and control a stable workforce  workers often rejected this domestic ideal and used homes as an economic resource  taking in boarders to help generate further income.  Focusing on how the exchange between company managers and a largely immigrant workforce took the form of negotiation rather than a top-down system  Hoagland examines surviving buildings and uses Copper Countrys built environment to map this remarkable connection between a company and its workers at the height of Michigans largest land rush.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666205663285,"sku":"ByrdShop_0816665672","price":56.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780816665679.jpg?v=1782423124","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/mine-towns-buildings-for-workers-in-michigans-copper-country-9780816665679","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}