Description: Based on archival investigation and ethnographic research conducted in Argentina, From Sweatshop to Fashion Shop illustrates the ways that Korean entrepreneurs have availed themselves of opportunities, strategies and resources to develop their businesses in the Argentine garme...
Brief description: Jihye Kim is assistant professor in Korean studies at the University of Melbourne.
Review Quotes:
"Not only does Jihye's book present the first in-depth study on the history, growth, and challenges of Korean entrepreneurship in the Argentine garment industry, it also offers a testament to the appropriateness and practicality of some important theories and concepts in international migration studies, such as social capital or embeddedness, ethnic and class resources, a host country's economic policies and labor market structure, and so on. From Sweatshop to Fashion Shop will be valuable to all academics in Migration/Diaspora Studies, Latin American Studies, Korean Studies, and Asian Studies."