'Margins and mainstream - Jews in the English clothing trade' in B Lemire, Dress, Culture and Commerce. The English clothing trade before the factory, 1660-1800

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Author(s) Lemire, Beverly
Publication type Chapter
Year published 1997
Pages pp75-93
Publisher Macmillan
Place Published Basingstoke

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Name Faith & ethnicity

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals with the participation of England's Jewish population in the wearing apparel production and distribution industries, from late 18th century to 1800. Draws on insurance policies for quantitative data, 1777-96. Has sections: 'The clothing trades and early Jewish participants'; 'Jewish presence in the lower clothing trades'; 'Distribution and trade. From margin to mainstream'