Not Working: An Oral History of the Unemployed
- ISBN-10
- 0030441315
- ISBN-13
- 9780030441318
- Series
- Not Working
- Pages
- 297
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1979
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
- Author
- Harry Maurer
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- 2021-04-13
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