If We Can Win Here

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Book Title: IF We Can Win Here : the New Front Lines of the Labor Movement

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.9in

Item Width: 6in

Author: Fran Quigley

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Topic: Labor & Industrial Relations, Industries / Service, Sociology / General, Poverty & Homelessness, United States / State & Local / Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI), Labor & Employment

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Publication Year: 2015

Genre: Law, Business & Economics, History, Social Science, Political Science

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Number of Pages: 224 Pages