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To restore what once was : a mixed methods approach to understanding the shoe repair transaction

Creator:

Giulietti, Michael P.

Abstract:

The shoe repair transaction, as it occurs in the 5000 or so remaining shoe repair shops in the United States, is currently unexamined in academic literature for the significance it holds for either shoe repairers or their customers. Making use of both quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, this...

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Masters Thesis

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industry. I suspect internal factors such as the inability to afford main street shop fronts, declining
"Pretty and patriotic" : women's consumption of apparel during World War II

Creator:

Mower, Jennifer M.

Abstract:

The War Production Board issued limitation order 85 in April 1942 in order to conserve fabric and manpower needed for the war effort. The L-85 order froze the silhouette so no major style changes in women's wear would occur during the war. It is clear that on the one hand...

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Dissertation