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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating topic, fascinating book,
By Michael J. Ryan (Milwaukee, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York (Comparative and International Working-Class History) (Paperback)
I thoroughly enjoyed "Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work", Nancy L. Green's erudite and expansive study of a century of the garment industry in Paris and New York. I've worn clothes for most of my life, but never knew much about where they come from. Now I do. Clothes don't come from stores-- they come from people, piece by piece. People with a story to tell.Green's vastly-researched work is not only a history of the people, usually immigrants, often Jews, who have populated the garment industry. It is also a social history, an economic history and a technological history. The book is not an easy read-- it is a complex analysis of complex topics-- but it is a worthwhile read. Green successfully weaves the topics into a fabric of consistently excellent quality from beginning to end. I found the book fascinating. I recommend it to anyone who wears clothes. Naked people probably won't be interested. |
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Ready-to-Wear and Ready-to-Work: A Century of Industry and Immigrants in Paris and New York (Comparative and International Working-Class ... by Nancy L. Green (Paperback - January 16, 1997)
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