The abstract, the concrete, the political, and the academic: Anthropology and a labor union in the United States

Human Organization

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-312

  Durrenberger, E Paul ^a   Erem, Suzan ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dynamics; Organized labor; Political anthropology; Politics; Structure; Unions

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032718221     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.58.3.8311026qn3363535     Document Type: Article

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