Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry (Columbia Comparative Studies on Ethnicity and Race)

Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry (Columbia Comparative Studies on Ethnicity and Race)
by: Margaret Chin

Sewing Women: Immigrants and the New York City Garment Industry (Columbia Comparative Studies on Ethnicity and Race)
By Margaret Chin

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
  
• Number Of Pages: 208
  
• Publication Date: 2005-04-29
  
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0231133081
  
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780231133081
  

Product Description:
Margaret M. Chin offers a compelling portrait of the work lives of the Asian and Latina women who reinvigorated New York City's garment industry in the 1990s. Her study explores the roles of ethnicity and gender in shaping immigration strategies and the work environment. Chin, whose mother worked in Chinatown's garment industry, bases her work on extensive interviews with women workers and her own observations from the shop floor.


Summary: Winner
Rating: 4
Recieved Honorable Mention for the American Sociological Association's Thomas and Znaniecki Book Award in 2006.

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