Where Am I Wearing? : A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes
Where Am I Wearing? : A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes
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Author(s): Timmerman, Kelsey
ISBN No.: 9781118277553
Edition: Revised
Pages: 304
Year: 201204
Format: Trade Paper
Price: $ 30.93
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Preface xi Prologue: We Have It Made xv Part I The Mission 1 Chapter 1 A Consumer Goes Global 3 Chapter 2 Tattoo's Tropical Paradise 13 Chapter 3 Fake Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Anti-Sweatshop Protestors 17 Part II My Underwear: Made in Bangladesh 21 Chapter 4 Jingle These 23 Chapter 5 Undercover in the Underwear Biz 31 Chapter 6 Bangladesh Amusement Park 37 Chapter 7 Inside My First Sweatshop 43 Chapter 8 Child Labor in Action 49 Chapter 9 Arifa, the Garment Worker 55 Chapter 10 Hope 63 Chapter 11 No Black and White, Only Green 69 Update for Revised Edition: Hungry for Choices 75 Part III My Pants: Made in Cambodia 79 Chapter 12 Labor Day 81 Chapter 13 Year Zero 87 Chapter 14 Those Who Wear Levi's 93 Chapter 15 Those Who Make Levi's 99 Chapter 16 Blue Jean Machine 111 Chapter 17 Progress 121 Chapter 18 Treasure and Trash 129 Update for Revised Edition: The Faces of Crisis 135 Part IV My Flip-Flops: Made in China 139 Chapter 19 PO'ed VP 141 Chapter 20 Life at the Bottom 149 Chapter 21 Growing Pains 159 Chapter 22 The Real China 169 Chapter 23 On a Budget 177 Chapter 24 An All-American Chinese Walmart 181 Chapter 25 The Chinese Fantasy 187 Update for Revised Edition: Migration 193 Part V Made in America 197 Chapter 26 For Richer, for Poorer 199 Update for Revised Edition: Restarting, Again 211 Chapter 27 Return to Fantasy Island 215 Chapter 28 Amilcar's Journey 229 Chapter 29 An American Dream 237 Chapter 30 Touron Goes Glocal 249 Appendix A Discussion Questions 269 Appendix B Note to Freshman Me 275 Appendix C Where Are You Teaching?: A Guide to Taking Where Am I Wearing? to a Glocal Context 279 Acknowledgments 285.


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