Ethnicity, race and the logic of solidarity: Dock workers in international perspective

Dock Workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970

Volumn 1, Issue , 2017, Pages 657-680

  Nelson, Bruce ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

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