Cleaners' organizing in Britain from the 1970s: A personal account

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 608-625

  Rowbotham, Sheila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRADE UNION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748182831     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0066-4812.2006.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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