Sewing women : immigrants and the New York City garment industry /

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Many Latino and Chinese women who immigrated to New York City over the past two decades found work in the garment industry-an industry well known for both hiring immigrants and its harsh working conditions. Today the garment industry is one of the largest immigrant employers in New York City and wor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chin, Margaret May, 1962- (Author)
Format: Thesis Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2005.
Series:Columbia comparative studies on ethnicity and race.
Subjects:
Women clothing workers > New York (State) > New York > History.
Clothing trade > New York (State) > New York > History.
Foreign workers, Asian > New York (State) > New York > History.
Foreign workers, Latin American > New York (State) > New York > History.
Travailleuses du vêtement > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Vêtements > Industrie et commerce > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers asiatiques > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Travailleurs étrangers latino-américains > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Clothing trade
Foreign workers, Asian
Foreign workers, Latin American
Women clothing workers
Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
Bekleidungsindustrie
Kledingindustrie.
Arbeidsomstandigheden.
Chinezen.
Spaanse Amerikanen.
Vrouwenarbeid.
New York (State) > New York
New York, NY
dissertations.
Academic theses
History
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1: Legacies: New York City Garment Industry; CHAPTER 2: Doing Ethnic Business; CHAPTER 3: Getting from There to Here; CHAPTER 4: The Attractions of Cloth; CHAPTER 5: What Employers Want; CHAPTER 6: Landing Work; CHAPTER 7: The Bottom Line; CHAPTER 8: Immigrants and the Economy; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; INDEX.

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