Oysters, macaroni, & beer : Thurber, Texas, and the company store / Gene Rhea Tucker ; foreword by Richard Francaviglia

Author: Tucker, Gene Rhea, 1979-
Additional Titles: Oysters, macaroni, and beer
Published: Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Physical Description: xv, 185 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

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Series

Plains histories

Contents

Plainsword -- The Company Town of Thurber -- A "Company Store" for Thurber -- The Commercial Enterprises of Thurber -- More Than Just Stores : Services for the Town -- The Company Store and the Workers -- A Withering Town with Dwindling Business -- Epilogue: The Afterlife of a Ghost Town.

Summary

"Investigates the relationship between Thurber, Texas, and the Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, manager of the company town's essential commercial and service enterprises from 1894 to 1934"--Provided by publisher.

Subject(s)

Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company—History
Texas and Pacific Coal Company—Employees—Services for—Texas—Thurber—History
Business enterprises—Texas—Thurber—History
Company stores—Texas—Thurber—History
Company towns—Texas—Case studies
Thurber (Tex.)—Social conditions
Thurber (Tex.)—Economic conditions

ISBN

9780896727687 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0896727688 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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