From the Folks Who Brought You the Weekend: A Short, Illustrated History of Labor in the United States
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Hailed in a starred Publishers Weekly review as a work of impressive even-handedness and analytic acuity . . . that gracefully handles a broad range of subject matter, This is the first comprehensive look at American history through the prism of working people. of illustrations.
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