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"My father found it for me”: changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain

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"My father found it for me”: changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain. / Pooley, Colin.
In: Urban History, Vol. 42, No. 2, 05.2015, p. 290-308.

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Pooley, C 2015, '"My father found it for me”: changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain', Urban History, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 290-308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926814000595

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Pooley, C. (2015). "My father found it for me”: changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain. Urban History, 42(2), 290-308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926814000595

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Pooley C. "My father found it for me”: changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain. Urban History. 2015 May;42(2):290-308. Epub 2014 Nov 12. doi: 10.1017/S0963926814000595

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Pooley, Colin. / "My father found it for me” : changing experiences of entering the workforce in twentieth-century urban Britain. In: Urban History. 2015 ; Vol. 42, No. 2. pp. 290-308.

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