Agitator 'theory' of strikes re-evaluated

Labor History

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-509

  Darlington, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33749419233     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: 14699702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00236560600899024     Document Type: Review

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