What is Ghost Town?

I looked in my textbook it's not there. I checked in the glossary, I only see Ghost Dance.

Please help

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Ghost town is a town/village/city that has been abandoned.
thanks
what's boom town?
A boom town is one that has suddenly grown a lot and become rich.
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what's radical reconstruction

I'm sorry but my textbook it doesn't say the definition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Reconstruction
A boom town is one that has suddenly grown a lot and become rich.