U.S. historical statistics: New estimates of union membership the united states, 1880–1914

Historical Methods

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-86

  Friedman, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LABOR RELATIONS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; TRADE UNION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032848626     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615449909598928     Document Type: Article

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