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Summary

"Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops, 1820-Present" opens at the National Museum of American History. The exhibition looks at the history and origins of sweatshops, the effects of immigrants as workers and owners, and international competition and technological innovation. The exhibition will last through September 1998.

Subject

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Reference File, "The Torch," April 1998, p. 8.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April 22, 1998

Topic

  • Sweatshops
  • Exhibitions
  • Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A Dialogue on American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Exhibition)
  • Clothing trade

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