Holding Up More Than Half the Sky
Subtitle: Chinese Women Garment Workers in New York City, 1948-92 (Asian American Experience)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: July 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780252026317
Subjects: Labour economics; Social history; Women's studies; Asians In The U.S; Textile And Clothing Industries (Economic Aspects); Business & Economics; Politics / Current Events; Business/Economics; USA; Asia - China; Labor & Industrial Relations - General; Women & Business; Business & Economics / Labor; Ethnic Studies - General; Industries - General; Women's Studies - General; Chinatown (New York, N.Y.); Chinese American women; Employment; New York; New York (State); Women clothing workers
First sentence: To this date, almost all Chinatown garment shops are contract shops.