2004•Industrial and Labor Relations ReviewRequires access
Making Sweatshops: The Globalization of the U.S. Apparel Industry
Suzanne Loker, Ellen Israel Rosen
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Abstract
List of Figures and Tables Preface 1. Introduction 2. Free Trade, Neoclassical Economics, and Women Workers in the Global Apparel Industry 3. Roots of the Postwar Textile and Apparel Trade: The Reconstruction of the Asian Pacific Rim Textile Industry 4. The Emergence of Trade Protection for the Textile and Apparel Industries 5. The U.S. Textile Industry: Responses to Free Trade 6. The U.S. Apparel Industry: Responses to Capital Flight 7. The 1980s: The Demise of Protection 8. The Reagan Revolution: The Caribbean Basin Initiative 9. Trade Liberalization for Textiles and Apparel: The Impact of NAFTA 10. Apparel Retailing in the United States: From Mom-and-Pop Shop to Transnational Corporation 11. Finally Free Trade: The Future of the Global Apparel Industry 12. The New Global Apparel Trade: Who Wins, Who Loses? Notes Index