The material culture of an industrial artifact: Interpreting control, defiance, and everyday resistance at the New South Wales Eveleigh Railway Workshops

Historical Archaeology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 8-27

  Taksa, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 61049340112     PISSN: 04409213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376691     Document Type: Article

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