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This series presents research findings of theoretical significance on subjects of social importance. It allows a wide variety of topics and approaches, though central themes are provided by economic life and social stratification. The format ranges from monographs reporting specific research to sets of original research papers on a common theme. The series is edited in Cambridge and contains books arising mainly from work carried out there. However, suitable books, wherever they originate, are included. For my parents Joseph and Irene Whalley and for Nicholas ## Preface The main disadvantage of maintaining confidentiality in research is that I cannot thank by name all of the people at 'Metalco' and 'Computergraph' who helped with this project. To the senior management and personnel staff at both companies I owe particular thanks for giving me access and for facilitating the research with all the means at their disposal. Thanks, too, to the union representatives who agreed to the research and helped facilitate access. But thanks most of all must go to the engineers themselves. Not only did they submit to my pestering with good grace, but allowed me into their homes and put up with h
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- Author
- Peter Whalley (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Published
- 1986
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780333374153
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Social Science, Social_sciences
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