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Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-
Subjects
Clothing trade.
Clothing workers.
Wages -- Clothing workers.
Consumers -- Attitudes.
Globalization.
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Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-
Clothing trade.
Clothing workers.
Wages -- Clothing workers.
Consumers -- Attitudes.
Globalization.
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Where am I wearing? : a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes / Kelsey Timmerman.
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Timmerman, Kelsey, 1979-
Wiley, c2009.
Call #:
338
.47687
T584w
Subjects
Clothing trade.
Clothing workers.
Wages -- Clothing workers.
Consumers -- Attitudes.
Globalization.
ISBN:
9780470376546 (cloth)
Description:
xiv, 248 p. : ill. ; 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.
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