A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry, 1860-1960

by Gabriel Goldstein

Book Overview

Flip on the entertainment news, open an issue of a popular magazine, or step into any department store--and you'll appreciate the impact of the multibillion-dollar fashion industry on American culture. Yet its origins in the nineteenth-century "rag trade" of Jewish tailors, cutters, pressers, peddlers, and shopkeepers have yet to be fully explored. In this copiously illustrated volume, scholars from varied backgrounds consider the role of American...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0896727351
• ISBN13: 9780896727359
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.3"