The Perfect Fit : Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry /: Creative Work in the Global Shoe Industry. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Claudio E. Benzecry.
• Authors: Benzecry, Claudio E
• Contents: Preface: The Frailty of Commodity Chains Chapter 1: From Head to Toe Part 1: From the Designer's Point of View Chapter 2: From 'the Global' to 'the Girl' Chapter 3: When Is a Shoe a Shoe? Part 2: Feet and Fit Chapter 4: The World at Her Fit: Scale-Making, Uniqueness, and Standardization Chapter 5: Cinderella on the Pearl River Delta: Who Has the Power to Translate? Part 3: The Global in the Rearview Mirror Interlude: A Landscape of Factories Chapter 6: The Ruins and Rubble of Novo Hamburgo: Skill and Melancholia in a Global Shoe Town Conclusion: What Did We Learn about Globalization by Looking at Shoes? Coda: Shoe Is a Gipsy Business Acknowledgments Notes References Index.
• Publisher Details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Copyright Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Social Classes; Design -- Fashion; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Fashion & Textile Industry; Political Science -- Labor & Industrial Relations; Design -- General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780226815893
• Related ISBNs: 9780226815886; 9780226815909
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