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Hope against Hope: Persistent Canadian Unions in the Interwar Years

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  • Michael Huberman & Denise Young, 2000. "Hope against Hope: Persistent Canadian Unions in the Interwar Years," CIRANO Working Papers 2000s-28, CIRANO.
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