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Labor and socialism in an Indiana mill town, 1905–1921

Errol Wayne Stevens Associate Curator of Historical Records, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County,
Pages 353-383 | Published online: 03 Jul 2008

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  • The author would like to thank Robert G. Barrows and Robert M. Taylor, Jr. for their help with coding and computer work and Walter Nugent and Martin Ridge who read drafts of this article.

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