Technology, Work, Gender and Citizenship at the Eveleigh Railway Workshops Precinct: an Historical Interpretation of Landscape, Identity and Mobilisation

Labour History

Volumn , Issue 76, 1999, Pages 153-162

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EID: 77449086110     PISSN: 00236942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3828/27516634     Document Type: Article

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