Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry

Margaret M. Chin

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May, 2005
Cloth, 208 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-13308-1
$60.00 / £41.50

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Legacies: New York City Garment Industry

2. Doing Ethnic Business

3. Getting from There to Here

4. The Attractions of Cloth

5. What Employers Want

6. Landing Work

7. The Bottom Line

8. Immigrants and the Economy

Epilogue

Appendix: Research Design and Methodology

Notes

Bibliography

Related Subjects

• American History
• Race and Ethnicity
• Women's Studies

About the Author

Margaret M. Chin is assistant professor of sociology at Hunter College. She lives in New York City.

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