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... centre . It was the scene of numerous labour strikes and its mill- workers played a prominent role in the craft- union movement , culminating in the forma- tion of the United Textile Workers of Ameri- ca in 1901. Despite relocation ...
... centre . It was the scene of numerous labour strikes and its mill- workers played a prominent role in the craft- union movement , culminating in the forma- tion of the United Textile Workers of Ameri- ca in 1901. Despite relocation ...
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... centre there is a garden ringed with the civic and cultural centre including the city hall , a concert hall , museum , theatre , library , and hospital . Six main avenues , each 120 feet ( 37 metres ) wide , radiate from this centre ...
... centre there is a garden ringed with the civic and cultural centre including the city hall , a concert hall , museum , theatre , library , and hospital . Six main avenues , each 120 feet ( 37 metres ) wide , radiate from this centre ...
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... centre during the Tokugawa era ( 1603-1867 ) , when the cultiva- tion of tobacco was introduced . The city is now a tobacco - trading centre , containing a processing plant of the Japanese Monopoly Bureau . Because of its convenient ...
... centre during the Tokugawa era ( 1603-1867 ) , when the cultiva- tion of tobacco was introduced . The city is now a tobacco - trading centre , containing a processing plant of the Japanese Monopoly Bureau . Because of its convenient ...
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