Globalizing firms and small communities: The apparel industry's changing connection to rural labor markets

Rural Sociology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 281-310

  Collins, Jane L ^a   Quark, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; RURAL SOCIETY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33745475568     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1526/003601106777789738     Document Type: Article

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