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Article: Made in Miami: the development of the sportswear industry in South Florida, 1900-1960.(SECTION III CONSUMERISM, WORK AND EDUCATION)
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- Journal of Social History
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- September 22, 2007
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While a number of scholars have examined the history of the textile industry in the South, the emergence of South Florida as a major locus of the production of clothing, particularly sportswear, has received limited empirical attention. Specifically, in the span of 50 years (1910-1960), sportswear in South Florida evolved from the idiosyncratic daywear of elite Northerners vacationing in Palm Beach to a nationally visible industry and a key element in the expansion of American consumerism. Following World War II, South Florida became a center of mass production for sportswear, the nation's third largest producer behind New York City and the state of California. Ironically, ...
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