British manual workers: From producers to consumers, c. 1950-2000

Contemporary British History

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-571

  Offer, Avner ^a  

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Author keywords

Consumerism; Housing; Human capital; Manual labour; Market liberalism; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 57249107865     PISSN: 13619462     EISSN: 17437997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13619460802439408     Document Type: Article

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