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OverviewThis book investigates the success story of the fast fashion industry—mainly owned by Chinese migrants—in Prato, Italy. It outlines how Prato has become the center of a value chain stretching from suppliers in China and Turkey all the way to buyers in Europe. Despite this, a policy attacking Chinese entrepreneurship has been devised and implemented in Prato. This volume analyzes said policy against the crisis of Prato’s textile industry. Based on the author’s 15 years of fieldwork in Prato, the book sheds light on the entangled processes of city making and the restructuring processes linked to capital accumulation by tackling issues of governance, territory, migration, division of labor, labor mobility, housing, and human rights. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Antonella CeccagnoPublisher: Springer International Publishing AG Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG Edition: 1st ed. 2017 Weight: 5.157kg ISBN: 9783319599809ISBN 10: 3319599801 Pages: 301 Publication Date: 25 September 2017 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"1. Introduction.- 2. Globalization and its Impact on the Italian Fashion Industry.- 3. The Migrant Pathway of Emplacement in Prato.- 4. The Global Low-End Fashion Center.- 5. The Mobile Regime.- 6. The Foundations of the Mobile Regime: Global Restructuring of Social Reproduction and Ethnicization of the Workplace.- 7. ""My City Brought to its Knees"": The Downscaling of Prato and the Criminalization of Chinese Entrepreneurship.- 8. Conclusions."ReviewsAuthor InformationAntonella Ceccagno is Professor of Chinese Linguistics and East Asian Sociology at the University of Bologna, Italy. For more than ten years she worked as Managing and Research Director of the Center for Immigration Research and Services in Prato, Italy. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |