Jihye Kim

From Sweatshop to Fashion Shop

Korean Immigrant Entrepreneurship in the Argentine Garment Industry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Based on archival investigation and ethnographic research conducted in Argentina, From Sweatshop to Fashion Shop illustrates the ways that Korean entrepreneurs have availed themselves of opportunities, strategies and resources to develop their businesses in the Argentine garment industry amidst continual social and economic disruptions.

Produktdetails

• Korean Communities across the World
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781498584012
• ISBN-10: 1498584012
• Artikelnr.: 62067583

Autorenporträt

Jihye Kim is lecturer of Korean studies in the School of Language and Global Studies at the University of Central Lancashire.

Inhaltsangabe

1. To the Farthest Country: When and Why Koreans Moved to Argentina
2. The Host Country: Argentina
3. From Agriculture to Apparel: The Entry of Koreans into the Argentine
Garment Industry (1960s-1970s)
4. From Production to Distribution: Expansion of the Korean Garment
Business (1980s-1990s)
5. The Korean Garment Business in Argentina Today (2000-Present)
6. Opportunities and Challenges for the Korean Garment Business