American Workers, American Unions, 1920-1985
- ISBN-10
- 0801831288
- ISBN-13
- 9780801831287
- Category
- Labor-unions
- Pages
- 233
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Author
- Robert H. Zieger
Description
Analyzes the experience of organized labor from 1920 to 1985, focusing on the themes that unify and the turning points that punctuate the period.
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- 1986
- 233 pages
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- Johns Hopkins University Press
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