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6 - Labor Education and Workers’ Colleges

Growing a Pedagogy of Hope in the United States and Canada*

from Part I - Histories of Education and Engagement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2017

Corey Dolgon
Affiliation:
Stonehill College, Massachusetts
Tania D. Mitchell
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
Timothy K. Eatman
Affiliation:
Syracuse University, New York
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