The Encyclopedia Americana, Volume 7Grolier, 1988 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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Page 105
CLOTHING INDUSTRY CLOTHING INDUSTRY. the industry evolved , the unions were effectively destroyed . Piecework replacing work paid by the day , homework replacing work done on the premises , and cheap female labor employed at the newly ...
CLOTHING INDUSTRY CLOTHING INDUSTRY. the industry evolved , the unions were effectively destroyed . Piecework replacing work paid by the day , homework replacing work done on the premises , and cheap female labor employed at the newly ...
Page 106
... industry con- tinued its rapid expansion , becoming , more prop- erly , an industry of industries , each segment with its own pattern of organization turning out a multiplicity of products . The Civil War had provided experience in the ...
... industry con- tinued its rapid expansion , becoming , more prop- erly , an industry of industries , each segment with its own pattern of organization turning out a multiplicity of products . The Civil War had provided experience in the ...
Page 107
... industry began a period of gradual decline . A number of factors contrib- uted to this condition , but the industry's unre- mitting search for cheap labor must be counted as the most important . Union wages as well as high rents for ...
... industry began a period of gradual decline . A number of factors contrib- uted to this condition , but the industry's unre- mitting search for cheap labor must be counted as the most important . Union wages as well as high rents for ...
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