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Keep the union at bay: The racial dimensions of anti-union practices in U.S. agriculture and the long fight for farm-labor representation.

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Keep the union at bay: The racial dimensions of anti-union practices in U.S. agriculture and the long fight for farm-labor representation. / Coin, Francesca.
Venice: Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. 161 p.

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Coin, F 2018, Keep the union at bay: The racial dimensions of anti-union practices in U.S. agriculture and the long fight for farm-labor representation. Edizioni Ca' Foscari, Venice. https://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-222-2/CultLav-7

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Coin, F. (2018). Keep the union at bay: The racial dimensions of anti-union practices in U.S. agriculture and the long fight for farm-labor representation. Edizioni Ca' Foscari. https://doi.org/10.14277/978-88-6969-222-2/CultLav-7

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Coin F. Keep the union at bay: The racial dimensions of anti-union practices in U.S. agriculture and the long fight for farm-labor representation. Venice: Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. 161 p. doi: 10.14277/978-88-6969-222-2/CultLav-7

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Coin, Francesca. / Keep the union at bay : The racial dimensions of anti-union practices in U.S. agriculture and the long fight for farm-labor representation. Venice : Edizioni Ca' Foscari, 2018. 161 p.

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