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Where am I wearing? : a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes /
"When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again. Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between impoverished garme...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken, N.J. :
Wiley,
©2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again. Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between impoverished garment workers' standards of living and the all-American material lifestyle. By introducing readers to the human element of globalization--the factory workers, their names, their families, and their way of life--Where Am I Wearing bridges the gap between global producers and consumers. New content includes: a visit to a fair trade Ethiopian shoe factory that is changing lives one job at time; updates on how workers worldwide have been squeezed by rising food costs and declining orders in the wake of the global financial crisis; and the author's search for the garment worker in Honduras who inspired the first edition of the book. Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization."--Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 248 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780470430170 0470430176 9781118356081 111835608X 128193920X 9781281939203 6611939202 9786611939205 9781118356098 1118356098 1283734699 9781283734691 |