The Asian connection: the US-Caribbean apparel circuit and a new model of industrial relations

Latin American Research Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 7-47

  Green, Cecilia ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; FREE TRADE; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LABOR RELATIONS; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; TRADE RELATIONS;

ASIA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032440325     PISSN: 00238791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0023879100038413     Document Type: Article

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