Promoting a labor perspective in the American mass media: Unions and radio in the CIO era, 1936-56

Media, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 285-307

  Fones Wolf, Elizabeth ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034340677     PISSN: 01634437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016344300022003003     Document Type: Article

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