MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01857cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2012021209
003 DLC
005 20131119075009.0
008 120608s2012 txuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012021209
020 $a9780896727687 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780896727731 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us-tx
050 00 $aHC108.T48$bT83 2012
082 00 $a381/.1$223
100 1 $aTucker, Gene Rhea,$d1979-
245 10 $aOysters, macaroni, & beer :$bThurber, Texas, and the company store /$cGene Rhea Tucker ; foreword by Richard Francaviglia.
246 3 $aOysters, macaroni, and beer
260 $aLubbock, Tex. :$bTexas Tech University Press,$cc2012.
300 $axv, 185 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aPlains histories
520 2 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPlainsword -- 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.
651 0 $aThurber (Tex.)$xEconomic conditions.
651 0 $aThurber (Tex.)$xSocial conditions.
610 20 $aTexas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company$xHistory.
650 0 $aCompany stores$zTexas$zThurber$xHistory.
650 0 $aBusiness enterprises$zTexas$zThurber$xHistory.
610 20 $aTexas and Pacific Coal Company$xEmployees$xServices for$zTexas$zThurber$xHistory.
650 0 $aCompany towns$zTexas$vCase studies.