Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 237 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
0585445478
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9780585445472
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9781847888945
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1847888941
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9781845209667
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9781859734186
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1859734189
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9781859734230
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1859734235
Content:
Acknowledgement -- Dedication -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Needle Games : A Discussion of Mixed Embeddedness / Jan Rath -- Chapter 2. Paris : A Historical View / Nancy L. Green -- Chapter 3. London : Economic Differentiation and Policy-making / Prodromos Panayiotopoulos (aka Mike Pany) and Marja Dreef -- Chapter 4. West Midlands : Still Managing to Survive / Monder Ram, Bob Jerrard and Joy Husband -- Chapter 5. Amsterdam : Stitched up / Raes Stephan, Jan Rath, Marja Dreef, Adem Kumcu, Flavia Reil and Aslan Zorlu -- Chapter 6. New York : Caught under the Fashion Runway / Yu Zhou -- Chapter 7. Miami : Ethnic Succession and Failed Restructuring / Guillermo Grenier and Alex Stepick -- Chapter 8. Los Angeles : Wearing out Their Welcome / Ivan Light and Victoria D. Ojeda -- Chapter 9. Sewing up Seven Cities / Jan Rath -- On the Authors -- References -- Index.
Content:
The garment industry is one of the world's largest yet there are few examinations of its importance to the global economy or the role that immigrant entrepreneurship has played. This book aims to redress the balance
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-225) and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1859734189
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Unravelling the rag trade Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Berg, 2002
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781847888945
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