Abstract

GARCIA, Armida Concepción  and  CORTES, Octavio Maza DÍAZ. The evolution of the textile industry in the central-west region of Mexico: "From the sewing shop to the stalls". Trab. soc. [online]. 2019, n.32, pp.413-429. ISSN 1514-6871.

In Mexico, there are certain municipalities and communities that are reknowned for the quality of their textile production. The textile and clothing industries have played a significant role in driving capitalist economic development in the country. Their development has been constant and uninterrupted, with a strong global presence, but they are struggling to maintain their particular characteristics and cultural components. However, there exists data that show economies with a longstanding tradition of textile production move slowly toward patterns where the tradeplays the predominant, determinant role. During the 1980s, the expansion of maquiladora-origin textiles defined a “second economic axis” in regions and communities that suffered a decline in their economic activities (primarily in agrarian sectors). Their “economic domain reorganization” as based upon the traits and competitive advantages found in the local economies of each region, creating patterns of productive specialization, driving employment and the economy. For decades, the market and industry were concentrated in large urban centers. Today, the mass movement of people, products and things from one place to another leads to easier access to a diversity of national and international merchandise, transforming patterns of trade.

Keywords : industry; maquila; regional trade; trade flows.

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