Market Development, Industrial Development
The Case of the American Corset Trade, 1860–1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9622795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Smith (Drew University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 91-129 |
| Publication date | 1991-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Business History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-6805 • E-ISSN: 2044-768X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3116905 |
| OpenAlex | W2102339854 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 25 |
The clothing trade in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provides examples across the spectrum of industrial organization, and it thus offers an opportunity to compare activities and to account for the adoption of different systems. This article, based on extensive archival research in the records of corset-making companies, shows clearly the relationship between the corset industry's ability to standardize production and the adoption of operations on a larger scale than was possible in other sectors of the women's garment industry
Business · Clothing · Clothing industry · Commerce · Economics · Geography · Industrial organization · Political science · Production (economics · Scale (ratio · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Law
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,06 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2000 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |