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Unravelling the rag trade : immigrant entrepreneurship in seven world cities /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rath, Jan, 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; New York : Berg, 2002.
Subjects:
Used clothing industry > Case studies.
Immigrants > Economic conditions > Case studies.
Entrepreneurship > Case studies.
Prendas de vestir usadas > Industria > Estudio de casos.
Inmigrantes > Condiciones económicas > Estudio de casos.
Empresarios industriales > Estudio de casos.
Table of Contents:
  • Needle games: a discussion of mixed embeddedness / Jan Rath
  • Paris: a historical view / Nancy L. Green
  • London: economic differentiation and policy-making / Prodromos Panayiotopoulos (aka Mike Pany) and Marja Dreef
  • West Midlands: still managing to survive / Monder Ram, Bob Jerrard and Joy Husband
  • Amsterdam: stitched up / Stephan Raes ... [et al.]
  • New York: caught under the fashion runway / Yu Zhou
  • Miami: ethnic succession and failed restructuring / Guillermo Grenier and Alex Stepick
  • Los Angeles: wearing out their welcome / Ivan Light and Victoria D. Ojeda
  • Sewing up seven cities / Jan Rath.