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Oysters, macaroni, and beer: the Texas Pacific and Manufacturing Company of Thurber, Texas
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Oysters, macaroni, and beer: the Texas Pacific and Manufacturing Company of Thurber, Texas

Author: Gene Rhea Tucker; Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company (Thurber, Tex.); Texas and Pacific Coal Company (Thurber, Tex.); Texas Fuel and Coal Company (Turber, Tex.)
Publisher: Stephenville, Tex. : Tarleton State University, May, 2006.
Dissertation: Thesis (M.A.) -- Tarleton State University, May, 2006.
Edition/Format:   Thesis/dissertation : Thesis/dissertation : English
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From 1894 to 1934, a span of forty years that saw its parent company go from coal mining to oil drilling, the Texas Pacific Mercentile and Manufacturing Company (TPM&M) operated and managed various commercial and service enterprises that were essential to the life and history of Thurber, Texas. Because Thurber was a company town wholly-owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, the inhabitants viewed TPM&M with  Read more...
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Material Type: Thesis/dissertation
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gene Rhea Tucker; Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company (Thurber, Tex.); Texas and Pacific Coal Company (Thurber, Tex.); Texas Fuel and Coal Company (Turber, Tex.)
OCLC Number: 75276012
Description: 169 leaves : maps, tables.
Contents: 1. The company town of Thurber --
2. A "Company store" for Thurber --
3. Commercial enterprises of Thurber --
4. More than just stores: services for the town --
5. The customers and their trade --
6. A withering town with dwindling business.
Responsibility: Gene Rhea Tucker.
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From 1894 to 1934, a span of forty years that saw its parent company go from coal mining to oil drilling, the Texas Pacific Mercentile and Manufacturing Company (TPM&M) operated and managed various commercial and service enterprises that were essential to the life and history of Thurber, Texas. Because Thurber was a company town wholly-owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal Company, the inhabitants viewed TPM&M with suspicion before and after the unization of the town in 1903, believing its practices were monopolostic and exploitative. This paper gives a history of TPM&M, its enterprised, and investigates the perception held by the residents of Thurber and the surrounding countryside towards the mercantile company.

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