From nimble fingers to raised fists: Women and labor activism in globalizing Thailand

Signs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-144

  Mills, Mary Beth ^a  

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EID: 33846332412     PISSN: 00979740     EISSN: 15456943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/431370     Document Type: Review

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