A Migrant/Minority Economy?: Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940

Orly C. Meron

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_5

A Migrant/Minority Economy? Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940

Orly C. Meron

Department of Social & Health Sciences

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Abstract

This chapter surveys the development of the clothing industry that enabled mass production to develop in interwar Greece. The influx of over 1,000,000 repatriated refugees in the wake of the Turkish-Greek transfer agreement (1923) led to cheap labour markets and broader consumer circles. Jewish and Greek Orthodox entrepreneurs, particularly around Thessalonica—the largest Jewish community in pre-1940 Greece—took advantage of both these factors. Drawing, inter alia, on archival document from the Jewish-owned Bank Amar, the chapter analyses:The context—industrial growth in Greece following the transferThe knitting and ready-made underwear industriesThe ready-made ‘needle industry’—shirts and clothing accessoriesSelf-employed seamstresses (gender and entrepreneurship)

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Garment Economy
Subtitle of host publication	Understanding History, Developing Business Models, and Leveraging Digital Technologies
Editors	Michelle Brandstrup, Léo-Paul Dana, Daniella Ryding, Gianpaolo Vignali, Myriam Caratù
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	63-78
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-33302-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-33301-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_5
State	Published - 2023

Publication series

Name	Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2192-4333
ISSN (Electronic)	2192-4341

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Ethnic entrepreneurship
Female migrant labour
Knitting machine
Needle industry
Ready-made garment industry
Sewing machine

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10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_5

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Meron, O. C. (2023). A Migrant/Minority Economy? Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940. In M. Brandstrup, L.-P. Dana, D. Ryding, G. Vignali, & M. Caratù (Eds.), The Garment Economy: Understanding History, Developing Business Models, and Leveraging Digital Technologies (pp. 63-78). (Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE) ). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_5

Meron, Orly C. / A Migrant/Minority Economy? Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940. The Garment Economy: Understanding History, Developing Business Models, and Leveraging Digital Technologies. editor / Michelle Brandstrup ; Léo-Paul Dana ; Daniella Ryding ; Gianpaolo Vignali ; Myriam Caratù. Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing, 2023. pp. 63-78 (Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE) ).

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A Migrant/Minority Economy? Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940. / Meron, Orly C.
The Garment Economy: Understanding History, Developing Business Models, and Leveraging Digital Technologies. ed. / Michelle Brandstrup; Léo-Paul Dana; Daniella Ryding; Gianpaolo Vignali; Myriam Caratù. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2023. p. 63-78 (Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE) ).

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Meron OC. A Migrant/Minority Economy? Jewish and Greek Migrant Entrepreneurial Patterns in the Greek Interwar Clothing Industry, 1923–1940. In Brandstrup M, Dana LP, Ryding D, Vignali G, Caratù M, editors, The Garment Economy: Understanding History, Developing Business Models, and Leveraging Digital Technologies. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. 2023. p. 63-78. (Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE) ). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-33302-6_5