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Author:

Collins, Jane Lou, 1954-

Title:

Threads : gender, labor, and power in the global apparel industry / Jane L. Collins.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

xiv, 207 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Liz Claiborne Inc.
Women clothing workers--Martinsville.--Martinsville.
Knit goods industry--Martinsville--Martinsville--Employees.
Clothing workers--Martinsville.--Martinsville.
Clothing trade--United States.
Consumers--United States--Attitudes.
Women clothing workers--Aguascalientes.--Aguascalientes.
Knit goods industry--Aguascalientes--Aguascalientes--Employees.
Clothing workers--Aguascalientes.--Aguascalientes.
Globalization--Economic aspects--United States--Case studies.
Globalization--Economic aspects--Mexico--Case studies.
International business enterprises--United States.--Case studies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.

Contents:

Tracing the threads of a global industry -- The emergence of a twenty-first century apparel industry -- Tultex: mass-producing knitwear in southern Virginia -- Liz Claiborne Incorporated: developing a global production network -- On the shop floor in Aguascalientes -- Local labor and global capital -- From gilded age to new deal?

ISBN:

9780226113722 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226113728 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226113708 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0226113701 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)51304233

LCCN:

2002045579

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)