The Quality of Services in Company Towns: Sanitation in Coal Towns During the 1920s
研究了1922年煤炭公司城镇的卫生质量，发现其与同规模城市相当，但落后于大城市；公司城镇与独立城镇卫生水平相似，且卫生质量受成本因素影响，工人通过工资要求补偿。
Coal company towns were infamous, being described as exploitive, and charged with providing low-quality services, like sanitation. Yet, the quality of sanitation in coal towns in 1922 appears similar to that in cities of similar size, although lagging behind that in major cities. Within the coal region, company and independent towns provided similar levels of sanitation. The quality of sanitation in company towns varied in response to cost-related factors, including town age, population, and natural location. Meanwhile, workers were mobile and demanded compensating increases in wage rates in towns with lower-quality sanitation and higher rents.