Description |
xiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
1: The mission -- A consumer goes global -- Tattoo's tropical paradise -- Fake blood, sweat, and tears : anti-sweatshop protestors -- 2: My underwear : made in Bangladesh -- Jingle these -- Undercover in the underwear biz -- Bangladesh amusement park -- Inside my first sweatshop -- Child labor in action -- Arifa, the garment worker -- Hope -- No black and white, only green -- 3: My pants : made in Cambodia -- Labor Day -- Year zero -- Those who wear Levi's -- Those who make Levi's -- Progress -- Treasure and trash -- 4: My flip-flops : made in China -- PO'ed VP -- Margaritaville -- Life at the bottom -- Growing pains -- The real China -- On a budget -- An all-American Chinese Wal-Mart -- The Chinese fantasy -- 5: My shorts : Made in the USA -- For richer, for poorer -- Untold stories -- Where are you wearing? The inexact science of finding out where your clothes were produced. |
Subject |
Clothing trade.
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Clothing workers.
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Wages -- Clothing workers.
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Consumers -- Attitudes.
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Globalization.
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ISBN |
9780470376546 cloth |
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0470376546 cloth |
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