Unravelling the Rag Trade: Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Seven World Cities

Contents......Page 10
List of Figures......Page 12
List of Tables......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
General and Specific Processes......Page 18
The Proliferation of Immigrant Entrepreneurship......Page 22
Mixed Embeddedness of Immigrant Entrepreneurs......Page 24
The Structure of this Book......Page 36
Immigrants in the City......Page 46
The Industry......Page 47
The Labour Force: A Century of Immigrant Waves......Page 52
The Limitations of Network Theory......Page 57
Garment Making and the Law......Page 60
Conclusion......Page 62
Introduction......Page 66
The London Garment Industry: Informalization and Differentiation......Page 69
Central Government Policies: Support and Repression......Page 75
Local Government Economic Support......Page 78
Concluding Remarks......Page 83
Introduction......Page 90
History of Developments within the Industry......Page 91
The Labour Market Context......Page 92
The Market for Clothing......Page 94
Managing the Workplace......Page 96
Conclusion......Page 102
Introduction......Page 106
The Production of Ready-made Garments in the Netherlands......Page 107
An Unexpected Recovery after 1980 and a Sudden Fall: Facts and Figures......Page 108
Characteristics of Entrepreneurs and Workers......Page 111
Environmental Dynamics......Page 116
Conclusion......Page 124
Introduction......Page 130
Development of the Garment Industry in New York City......Page 131
Division of Labour and Restructuring in the Garment Industry......Page 138
Sweatshop Resurgence......Page 140
Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the Garment Industry......Page 143
Conclusion......Page 148
Introduction......Page 152
Immigrants Recreate the Industry......Page 153
Plant History......Page 157
Restructuring the Plant......Page 159
Conclusions......Page 164
Introduction......Page 168
Industrial Environment......Page 173
Management......Page 179
Long-term Outlook......Page 180
Conclusion......Page 181
Introduction......Page 186
Made-to-measure......Page 188
Social Networks......Page 190
The Market......Page 195
Regulation......Page 198
Long-term Outlook......Page 206
On the Authors......Page 210
References......Page 214
B......Page 244
C......Page 245
F......Page 246
H......Page 247
K......Page 248
M......Page 249
O......Page 250
R......Page 251
T......Page 252
W......Page 253
Z......Page 254