Essays in Irish Labour History

A Festschrift for Elizabeth And John W Boyle

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Published July 30, 2008 by Irish Academic Pr .
Written in English

Subjects:

• Labour economics,
• Social history,
• Ireland,
• Europe - Ireland,
• Labor & Industrial Relations - General,
• History,
• History: World

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Edition Notes

Contributions	Francis Devine (Editor), Fintan Lane (Editor), Niamh Puirseil (Editor)
The Physical Object
Format	Hardcover
Number of Pages	288
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL11254704M
ISBN 10	0716528258
ISBN 10	9780716528258
OCLC/WorldCa	234295997

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