City of dust : a cement company town in the land of Tom Sawyer / Gregg Andrews.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-346) and index.

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City of Dust -- [CONTENTS] -- [ACKNOWLEDGMENTS] -- [New Introduction] -- [INTRODUCTION] -- Part I A Foreign Colony in Mossback Missouri -- [1] From Robber Caves to Robber Barons -- [2] Woodchopper Landlords and Cement Mill Tenants -- [3] A Labor Campin the Shadow of Atlas -- [4] The Wages of Cement -- [5] The Militia Comes to Town -- Part II Whose Community? -- [6] Extending the Control of Old Man Atlasz I9Iz p I9Gz -- [7] Schools and Churches -- [8] Company Patriotism and the War on Boozez Blacksz and Immigrantsz I9Iz pI9Gz.

[9] The Culture of Cement and the Forging of an Identity -- Part III Dust to Dust -- [10] New Landlord on the Block -- [11] Gypsies Come to Town -- [12] Ilasco and the Commercial Construction of Mark Twain -- [13] Render unto Atlas -- [EPILOGUE] Whose History? Whose Mark Twain? -- [BIBLIOGRAPHY] -- [INDEX] -- [About the Author].

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