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... > social science subjects > sociology > sociology of organizations, institutions and structure > communities (sociology) > instrumental communities > boomtowns

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boomtowns  

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  • Boomtowns experience rapid economic expansion characterized by rising prices, production and credit expansion derived from optimistic expectations, and increased employment. Boomtowns emerge when a single resource, commodity, or activity is discovered, often experiencing volatile fluctuations between economic prosperity and social disruption as the local communities build infrastructures to accommodate the waves of new residents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West; Boomtowns]

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