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Explores a lost world of women's dominance.

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"Gamber's analysis is careful and nuanced, showing at every point the mixed impact of the processes of change in the lives of tradewomen and their customers. . . . A valuable contribution to women's labor, business, and social history as well as to the emerging history of consumption."--Susan Porter Benson, author of Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores

The Female Economy The Millinery and Dressmaking

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    Publisher: University of Illinois Press
    Publication Date: 01/04/1997
    ISBN13: 9780252066016, 978-0252066016
    ISBN10: 0252066014
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    Fashion and textile design Cultural studies: dress and society

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Explores a lost world of women's dominance.

    Trade Review
    "Gamber's analysis is careful and nuanced, showing at every point the mixed impact of the processes of change in the lives of tradewomen and their customers. . . . A valuable contribution to women's labor, business, and social history as well as to the emerging history of consumption."--Susan Porter Benson, author of Counter Cultures: Saleswomen, Managers, and Customers in American Department Stores

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