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Striking beauties : women apparel workers in the u.s. south, 1930-2000 /

Apparrel manufacturing in the American South, by virtue of its size, its reliance upon female labor, and its broad geographic scope, is an important but often overlooked industry that connects the disparate concerns of women's history, southern cultural history, and labor history. In Striking B...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haberland, Michelle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, GA : University of Georgia Press, 2015.
Edición:1st edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The place of apparel in the history of southern industrialization
  • There wasn't any jobs for women
  • When you cease to be ladies, we will arrest you
  • Rough women
  • When the government required you to hire them
  • Look for the union label
  • Sweatshops in the sun
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.