Unravelling the Rag Trade. Immigrant entrepreneurship in seven world cities
Details:
- Author(s) Rath, Jan (ed)
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2002
- Pages 237pp
- Publisher Berg
- Place Published Oxford
Topics:
- Name Entrepreneurship inc cultural influences, opportunity, etc
- Name Comparative international studies
- Name Faith & ethnicity
Countries:
- France
- Netherlands
- United States
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
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Notes:
Collected essays by historians, sociologists and anthropologists dealing with rag trade in recent decades comparing experiences of immigrant entrepreneurship in London, Paris, Birmingham, Amsterdam, New York, Miami, Los Angeles in terms of migrant networks, market conditions, regulatory matters, etc, within the context of the influences of a globalized industry. Includes chapters on London and Birmingham, viz: 1] Monder Ram et al, 'West Midlands. Still managing to survive'; 2] Mike Pany et al, 'London. Economic differentiation and policy making'