Threads of Labour: Garment Industry Supply Chains from the Workers' Perspective

Threads of Labour: Garment Industry Supply Chains from the Workers' Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-266

  Hale, Angela ^a,b   Wills, Jane ^c  

^a Women Working Worldwide ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84889612026     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470761434     Document Type: Book

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