{"product_id":"the-italian-fashion-system-elisabetta-merlo-9783031523748","title":"The Italian Fashion System: The Role of Institutions and Institutional Change, 1940s-1980s","description":"\u003cp\u003eFashion is a research topic of increasing interest to economic and business historians as it points towards new understandings of economic growth and decline. This book explores the role of institutions and institutional change in the Italian fashion system from the 1940s to the 1980s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStarting from the premise that institutions play a central role in explaining the peculiarity and development of the Italian fashion system, this book analyses the diverse institutional entities involved in supporting and promoting Italian fashion. The objective is twofold: to highlight, with a comparative approach, the distinctly polycentric nature of Italian fashion and to explain the emergence of the stylist as the outcome of a lengthy process of institutional change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book explores the role that institutions and institutional actors have played in making Italian fashion a key player into the world economy, enriching the existing interpretative framework through unique interdisciplinary analysis. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working in economic and business history, the history of fashion, and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elisabetta Merlo, Ivan Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031523741\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031523748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d","brand":"Elisabetta Merlo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45481814753535,"sku":"9783031523748","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7240d01b-dd58-414a-a228-7955b781c5ba.jpg?v=1715987765","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-italian-fashion-system-elisabetta-merlo-9783031523748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}