Railway Towns: a Long-term Global Perspective
Railway towns, in their essence, are a specific evolution of the system of company towns, which disseminated during the 19th and 20th centuries. These company towns were characterised by communities of workers employed by the same company or group of companies, which owned the houses and infrastruct...
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2018-09-01
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2018-0006 |