The fair labor standards act of 1938 and competing visions of the living wage

Review of Radical Political Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 408-416

  Mutari, Ellen ^a  

^a RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fair labor standards act; Gender; Living wage; Masculinity; Minimum wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034258829     PISSN: 04866134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/048661340003200306     Document Type: Article

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