Concept information
Preferred term
mill towns
Definition
- Mill towns are communities that developed around a mill or any milling operation requiring a substantial residential labor force. Mill company owners constructed mills as industrial enterprises, recruiting workers to operate the machinery and process raw materials into manufactured goods. [Source: Encyclopedia of American Urban History; Mill Towns]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/mill_towns
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