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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Ellen Israel Rosen |
| ISBN: | 0520233360 9780520233362 0520233379 9780520233379 |
| OCLC Number: | 48013673 |
| Description: | xi, 336 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Free trade, neoclassical economics, and women workers in the global apparel industry -- Roots of the postwar textile and apparel trade: the reconstruction of the Asian-Pacific Rim textile industry -- Emergence of trade protection for the textile and apparel industries -- U.S. textile industry: responses to free trade -- U.S. Apparel industry: responses to capital flight -- 1980s: the demise of protection -- Reagan revolution: the Caribbean basin initiative -- Trade liberalization for textiles and apparel: the impact of NAFTA -- Apparel retailing in the United States: from mom-and-pop shop to transnational corporation -- Finally free trade: the future of the global apparel industry -- New global apparel trade: who wins, who loses? |
| Responsibility: | Ellen Israel Rosen. |
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"A meticulous historical analysis of one of the world's most globalized industries and one of its most hot-button issues." - Stephen Cullenberg
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