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The last great strike : the untold story of the strike that closed The Straits Times /

Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas looks back on eight eventful days in 1971 when a group of young reporters staged a historic strike that shut down The Straits Times, a company that had the proud tradition of never being off the streets in its 120 years of existence, not even during the Japanese oc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mesenas, Clement, 1946-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : Marshall Cavendish, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas looks back on eight eventful days in 1971 when a group of young reporters staged a historic strike that shut down The Straits Times, a company that had the proud tradition of never being off the streets in its 120 years of existence, not even during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. "Clement has written a cracker of a book. Even if you don't love that national institution called The Straits Times, he tells a gripping tale of idealism, bravado and table-banging drama featuring indignant young journalists who take their battle against their parsimonious, di.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (266 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789814435833
981443583X