The rise and fall of Burley Design Cooperative

Oregon Historical Quarterly

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 312-341

  Schoening, Joel ^a  

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EID: 77957220724     PISSN: 00304727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5403/oregonhistq.111.3.0312     Document Type: Review

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