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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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Abstract:
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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