Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work - A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York

"Nancy Green consistently challenges the narratives and categories by which labor historians, sociologists, economists, and journalists have addressed the history of urban garment production. Green's analysis is a" tour de force."--Donald Reid, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

About the author

Nancy L. Green is Professor of History at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

Summary

Presents the story of urban growth, the politics of labour, and the relationships among the many immigrant groups who came to work on the sewing machines of the women's garment industry in the US. This book also provides an examination of gender and ethnicity, historical conflict and consensus, and notions of class and cultural difference.

Product details

• Authors: Green, Nancy Green, Nancy L Green, Nancy L. Green, Nancy L. Green
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780822318743
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1874-3
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 235 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 735 g
• Series: Comparative and International; Comparative and International Working-Class History; Comparative and International Working-Class History; Comparative and International
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics