Trade unionism in Australia: A history from flood to ebb tide

Trade Unionism in Australia: A History from Flood to Ebb Tide

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-293

  Bramble, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511720659     Document Type: Book

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