Collaboration and control: Engineering unions and the south African state, 1939-45

South African Journal of Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 71-80

  Alexander, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85011518988     PISSN: 02580144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02580144.1996.10433485     Document Type: Article

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