...large and small rely on recent immigrant workers, most of them women, toiling under harsh conditions to create both clothing and livelihoods. In so doing, it reveals a Dickensian world of unrestrained capitalism. The industry is a century and a half old, and its system of production has undergone myriad changes in the articles it produces, the technology it uses, the location of its customers and competitors, the regulatory environment within which it operates, and the ethnicity of its workers and owners. Nevertheless, its...

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