Power and control on the waterfront: casual labour and decasualisation

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Power and control on the waterfront: casual labour and decasualisation. / Weinhauer, Klaus.
Dock workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970: Volume 2. ed. / Sam Davies; Klaus Weinhauer. Aldershot [u.a.]: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2017. p. 580-603.

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Harvard

Weinhauer, K 2017, Power and control on the waterfront: casual labour and decasualisation. in S Davies & K Weinhauer (eds), Dock workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970: Volume 2. Ashgate Publishing Limited, Aldershot [u.a.], pp. 580-603. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315257501

APA

Weinhauer, K. (2017). Power and control on the waterfront: casual labour and decasualisation. In S. Davies, & K. Weinhauer (Eds.), Dock workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970: Volume 2 (pp. 580-603). Ashgate Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315257501

Vancouver

Weinhauer K. Power and control on the waterfront: casual labour and decasualisation. In Davies S, Weinhauer K, editors, Dock workers: International Explorations in Comparative Labour History, 1790-1970: Volume 2. Aldershot [u.a.]: Ashgate Publishing Limited. 2017. p. 580-603 doi: 10.4324/9781315257501

Bibtex

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