Activists against affluence: Labour Party Culture during the Golden Age, circa 1950-1970

Journal of British Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 241-267

  Fielding, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84949117547     PISSN: 00219371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/386242     Document Type: Review

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