Black and white, unite and fight: Interracial working-class solidarity and racial employment equality

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 430-467

  Zeitlin, Maurice ^a   Weyher, L Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1086/324682     Document Type: Article

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