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A coat of many colors : immigration, globalism, and reform in the New York City garment industry / edited by Daniel Soyer

Author:
Soyer, Daniel  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2005
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Clothing workers--History  Search this
Immigrants--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_775054
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Sewing women : immigrants and the New York City garment industry / Margaret M. Chin

Author:
Chin, Margaret May 1962-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 197 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
2005
C2005
Topic:
Women clothing workers--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Foreign workers, Asian--History  Search this
Foreign workers, Latin American--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_774683
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Selling style : clothing and social change at the turn of the century / Rob Schorman

Author:
Schorman, Rob  Search this
Physical description:
212 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2003
C2003
19th century
Topic:
Fashion merchandising--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Social change--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_710161
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Making sweatshops : the globalization of the U.S. apparel industry / Ellen Israel Rosen

Author:
Rosen, Ellen Israel  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 336 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2002
C2002
20th century
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Women clothing workers  Search this
Globalization  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_708274
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Fighting for the union label : the women's garment industry and the ILGWU in Pennsylvania / Kenneth C. Wolensky, Nicole H. Wolensky, Robert P. Wolensky

Author:
Wolensky, Kenneth C  Search this
Wolensky, Nicole H  Search this
Wolensky, Robert P  Search this
Subject:
International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 275 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Pennsylvania
Date:
2002
C2002
Topic:
Women's clothing industry--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Labor unions--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_685847
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California casual fashions, 1930s-1970s / Maureen Reilly

Author:
Reilly, Maureen E. Lynn  Search this
Physical description:
191, [1] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
California
United States
Date:
2001
C2001
20th century
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Costume design--History  Search this
Costume--History  Search this
Vintage clothing--Collectors and collecting  Search this
Bathing suits--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_684131
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Couture culture : a study in modern art and fashion / Nancy J. Troy

Author:
Troy, Nancy J  Search this
Subject:
Poiret, Paul  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
France
Date:
2003
C2003
20th century
Topic:
Costume design  Search this
Fashion and art  Search this
Fashion--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Fashion designers--History  Search this
Fashion merchandising--History  Search this
Theater and society--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_686421
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In fashion : dress in the twentieth century / by Prudence Glynn ; illustrated by Madeleine Ginsburg

Author:
Glynn, Prudence  Search this
Physical description:
243 p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1978
20th century
Topic:
Fashion--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Call number:
TT504.G55 1978bX
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_176573
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Suiting everyone: the democratization of clothing in America [by] Claudia B. Kidwell [and] Margaret C. Christman

Author:
Kidwell, Claudia Brush  Search this
Christman, Margaret C. S  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology  Search this
Physical description:
208 p. illus. 23 x 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1974
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Costume--History  Search this
Call number:
TT497.K44X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_178445
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Children's clothes, 1939-1970 : the advent of fashion / Alice Guppy

Author:
Guppy, Alice  Search this
Physical description:
346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
1978
20th century
Topic:
Children's clothing  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Call number:
TT635 .G97
TT635.G97
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_127611
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Between a rock and a hard place [electronic resource] : a history of American sweatshops 1820-present

Title:
History of American sweatshops 1820-present
History of American sweatshops 1820 to the present
Author:
Liebhold, Peter  Search this
Rubenstein, Harry R. 1951-  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of American History (U.S.)  Search this
Type:
Electronic resources
Exhibitions
Place:
United States
Date:
1998
1998?]
Topic:
Sweatshops--Corrupt practices  Search this
Clothing trade--Corrupt practices  Search this
Sweatshops--History  Search this
Clothing workers--Legal status, laws, etc  Search this
Wages--Clothing workers  Search this
Call number:
HD2339.U6
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_691779
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Couture & commerce : the transatlantic fashion trade in the 1950s / Alexandra Palmer

Title:
Couture and commerce
Author:
Palmer, Alexandra 1957-  Search this
Royal Ontario Museum  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 351 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2001
C2001
20th century
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Fashion--Social aspects  Search this
Clothing and dress--Social aspects  Search this
Call number:
GT596 .P33 2001
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_686085
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The empire's new clothes : a history of the Russian fashion industry, 1700-1917 / Christine Ruane

Author:
Ruane, Christine  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 276 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Russia
Date:
2009
C2009
1613-1917
Topic:
Clothing and dress--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_928805
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I mestieri della moda a Venezia : serenissima : the arts of fashion in Venice from the 13th to the 18th century / curator, Doretta Davanzo Poli ; texts, Grazietta Butazzi...[et al.]

Title:
Arts of fashion in Venice from the 13th to the 18th century
Arts of fashion in Venice from the thirteenth to the eighteenth century
Author:
Butazzi, Grazietta  Search this
Davanzo Poli, Doretta  Search this
Museo Correr  Search this
Istituto nazionale per il commercio estero (Italy)  Search this
Consorzio Maestri Calzaturieri del Brenta  Search this
Physical description:
139 p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Italy
Venice
Venice (Italy)
Date:
1995
Topic:
Clothing trade--History--Exhibitions  Search this
Industries  Search this
History  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Call number:
TT496.I8 .V45 1995
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_548990
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Nylon : the story of a fashion revolution : a celebration of design from art silk to nylon and thinking fibres / Susannah Handley

Author:
Handley, Susannah  Search this
Physical description:
192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1999
20th century
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Fashion--History  Search this
Synthetic fabrics  Search this
Nylon  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_598081
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The rag race : how Jews sewed their way to success in America and the British Empire / Adam D. Mendelsohn

Author:
Mendelsohn, Adam 1979-  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 297 pages ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
England
Date:
2015
19th century
20th century
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Jews--Economic conditions--History  Search this
Success in business--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1067435
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Beauty and business : commerce, gender, and culture in modern America / edited by Philip Scranton

Author:
Scranton, Philip  Search this
Physical description:
iv, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2001
Topic:
Beauty, Personal--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Fashion--History  Search this
Commerce  Search this
History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_614980
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We shall not be moved : the women's factory strike of 1909 / Joan Dash

Author:
Dash, Joan  Search this
Physical description:
165 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
New York (State)
New York
Date:
1996
C1996
20th century
Topic:
Strikes and lockouts--Clothing trade--History--Juvenile literature  Search this
Women clothing workers--History--Juvenile literature  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_545249
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A perfect fit : the garment industry and American Jewry (1860-1960) / edited by Gabriel Goldstein and Elizabeth Greenberg ; foreword by Sylvia A. Herskowitz

Author:
Goldstein, Gabriel M  Search this
Greenberg, Elizabeth 1972-  Search this
Yeshiva University Museum  Search this
Physical description:
237 p., P16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
2012
C2012
Topic:
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Jews--History  Search this
Jewish businesspeople--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_981829
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Fabricating consumers : the sewing machine in modern Japan / Andrew Gordon

Author:
Gordon, Andrew 1952-  Search this
Subject:
Singer Sewing Machine Company History  Search this
Physical description:
xiii, 285 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Japan
Date:
2012
C2012
20th century
Topic:
Sewing-machine industry--History  Search this
Clothing trade--History  Search this
Consumers--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_987080

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