Workshop To Office: Two Generations Of Italian Women In New York City, 1900...

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Book Title: Workshop to Office : Two Generations of Italian Women in NY City, 1900-1950

Item Length: 9in

Item Height: 0.8in

Item Width: 5.9in

Author: Miriam Cohen

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: Women, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Emigration & Immigration, Women in Business, Women's Studies

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Publication Year: 1993

Genre: Business & Economics, History, Social Science

Item Weight: 16 Oz

Number of Pages: 256 Pages