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ISBN 978-1-926836-58-4 (print)
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A volume in Working Canadians: Books from the CCLH ISSN 1925-1831 (print) 1925-184x (digital)
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Working people in Alberta : a history/edited by Alvin Finkel.
(Working Canadians, books from the CCLH
ISSN 1925-1831) Issued also in electronic formats.
ISBN 978-1-926836-58-4
1. Labor—Alberta—History.
2. Working class—Alberta—History.
3. Alberta—Economic conditions.
4. Alberta—Economic policy.
I. Finkel, Alvin, 1949–
II. Series: Working Canadians (Edmonton, Alta.)
HD8109.A42W67 2011 331.097123 C2011-905733-6
Cover and interior design by Natalie Olsen, Kisscut Design. Printed and bound in Canada by Marquis Book Printers.
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