1st Edition

Uniting the Tailors Trade Unionism amoungst the Tailors of London and Leeds 1870-1939

By Anne J. Kershen Copyright 1996
    268 Pages
    by Routledge

    250 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is not only about the tailoring industry and its trade unions; it is about the experience of eastern European immigrants in a trade as old as the Bible and yet as new as the electric sewing machine; it is about the role of women in a new industry and about the impact of socio-economic change on fashion. Finally, it is about the way in which sub-divisions and differences were accommodated under the umbrella of one particular trade union.

    Immigrants and Minorities, Vol 16, No 3, 1997

    "Uniting the Tailors captures an important slab of trade union and Jewish history and in a readable fashion ... Overall, Cass has participated in producing an excellent book at a fair price.

    Biography

    Anne J. Kershen