Like fire in broom straw - Robert Weldon Whalen

Academic look at the role the media played during the 1929-31 textile strikes in Southern America and the lasting effect the dispute had on the region.

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Can you believe this book

Can you believe this book costs £70 squid!? It's only 144 pages as well. Still, it looks good.

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