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Book Title: Managing in the Corporate Interest : Control and Resistance in an American Bank
Item Length: 0.9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 0.6in
Author: Vicki Smith
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Sociology / General
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Social Science
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Number of Pages: 258 Pages
