Fashion and its impact on the economic development of London's East End womenswear industry, 1929-62: The case of Ellis and Goldstein

Textile History

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 214-228

  Godley, Andrew ^a   Kershen, Anne ^b   Schapiro, Raphael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NUFFIELD COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DATA; ECONOMIC INFORMATION; FASHION; TEXTILE HISTORY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WOMENSWEAR;

EID: 0346904271     PISSN: 00404969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/004049603235001535     Document Type: Article

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