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Behind the Label: Inequality in the Los Angeles Apparel Industry (1st Edition) by Edna Bonacich, Richard P. Appelbaum Paperback, 413 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-520-22506-6 / 0520225066 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-22506-0 / 9780520225060 In a study crucial to our understanding of American social inequality, Edna Bonacich and Richard Appelbaum investigate the return of sweatshops to the apparel industry, especially in Los Angeles. The 'new' sweatshops, they say, need to be understood in terms of the decline in the American welfare st |