1st Edition
Uniting the Tailors Trade Unionism amoungst the Tailors of London and Leeds 1870-1939
By Anne J. Kershen
Copyright 1996
268 Pages
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Routledge
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Routledge
247 Pages
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Routledge
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This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic change on fashion. Finally, it is about the way in which sub-divisions and differences were accommodated... Read more
Immigrants and Minorities, Vol 16, No 3, 1997
"Uniting the Tailors captures an important slab of trade union and Jewish history and in a readable fashion ... Overall, Cass has participated in producing an excellent book at a fair price.
"Uniting the Tailors captures an important slab of trade union and Jewish history and in a readable fashion ... Overall, Cass has participated in producing an excellent book at a fair price.
Biography
Anne J. Kershen
