Susan Eleanor Hirsch, After the Strike: a Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman.(book review)(Book Review) From: Business History | Date: April 1, 2004| Author: Craig, Lee A. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Frank Cass & Company Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SUSAN ELEANOR HIRSCH, After the Strike: A Century of Labor Struggle at Pullman (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2003. Pp.x + 292; illus. H/back ISBN 0 252 02791 4, $44.95).

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