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Was he the first to do that? I read a book about Frick & Carnegie and was shocked to learn Frick had company housing and stores for the workers of Carnegie's s

Was he the first to do that? I read a book about Frick & Carnegie and was shocked to learn Frick had company housing and stores for the workers of Carnegie's steel empire. I wonder where this idea came from? Not even wikipedia has its origins: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_store EDIT: I should have clicked more. Pullman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

ugh 16y ago
Company housing was very, very common in Europe when the Industrial Revolution really got started. Many German towns which got a train connection early on have these typical big red brick houses were the workers lived, probably the most visible reminder of that practice.
- hugh3 16y ago
  And, of course, it's still very common in newly-industrialising countries like China.
  - ovi256 16y ago
    It was very common in all communist countries, which pushed hard towards industrialization. They thus transformed rural farmers into suburban industrial workers.