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Book Title: Learning To Labor: How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class ...
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Author: Paul Willis
Publication Name: Learning to Labor : How Working-Class Kids Get Working-Class Jobs
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Series: Legacy Editions Ser.
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 35.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
