Labor and the tobacco institute’s labor management committee in new york state: The rise and fall of a political coalition

New Solutions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-152

  Levenstein, Charles ^a   Delaurier, Gregory F ^b   Ahmed, Safi ^b   Balbach, Edith D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84989882990     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/9C0M-07MD-EGX1-MD08     Document Type: Article

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