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Impact of Mill Closures on Single-Industry Company Towns
Evaluate the severe vulnerability of communities that relied entirely upon a single textile mill, coal mine, or smelter.
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Causes and Impacts of Deindustrialization
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Understand why manufacturing declined and evaluate the economic, physical, and social impacts of factory closures on local communities.
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