Coal Towns: Life, Work, and Culture in Company Towns of Southern Appalachia, 1880–1960
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عنوان ژورنال: History: Reviews of New Books
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0361-2759,1930-8280
DOI: 10.1080/03612759.1993.9948537