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American Labor and American Democracy

American Labor and American Democracy

William Walling

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2005
Materia
Política y gobierno
ISBN:
9781412804721
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In this book William English Walling drew on his close association with Samuel Gompers and other leaders of the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to write the authoritative history of the labor movement in the first quarter of the twentieth century.

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