Class Consciousness Among the Zambian Copper Miners, 1950–1968
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0008-3968,1923-3051
DOI: 10.1080/00083968.1987.10803817