To examine the effect that railway building might have had on a self-contained and isolated rural community.
It had the air of a real, self-contained community.
"This used to be a self-contained community," he said.
It is developed into a self-contained community with various kinds of recreational and commercial facilities.
That was all Valentine could learn about the self-contained community in his off hours.
These self-contained communities became known as "waiting rooms for death."
It was an isolated, self-contained community owned by the company that operated the mill.
She called it "a self-contained, independent community that is very people oriented."
People turned inward, to their self-contained communities, for support, entertainment and companionship.
The area continued to develop as a self-contained community.