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Book Title: Putting Work in Its Place : a Quiet Revolution
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.9in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Peter Whalley, Peter Meiksins
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Human Resources & Personnel Management, Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology / General, General, Labor, Workplace Culture, Sociology / Marriage & Family
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2002
Genre: Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 208 Pages
