Where Am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes

Name: Where Am I Wearing? A Global Tour to the Countries, Factories, and People That Make Our Clothes
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ISBN: 9780470376546

ISBN-10: 0470376546

ISBN-13: 9780470376546

Edition: 2nd 2009

Authors: Kelsey Timmerman

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I was made in America. My "Jingle These" Christmas boxers were Made in Bangladesh. I had an all-American childhood in rural Ohio. My all-American blue jeans were Made in Cambodia. I wore flip-flops every day for a year when I worked as a SCUBA diving instructor in Key West. They were Made in China. One day, while staring at a pile of clothes on the floor, I noticed the tag of my favorite T-shirt: Made in Honduras. I read the tag. My mind wandered. A quest was born. Where am I Wearing? will trace the author's journey from Honduras, to Bangladesh, to Cambodia, to China, and back again to discover the origins of his favorite clothes, including his flip-flops, jeans, boxers, t-shirt, and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/24/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Prologue: We Have It Made


The Mission


A Consumer Goes Global


Tattoo's Tropical Paradise


Fake Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Anti-Sweatshop Protestors


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


My Pants: Made in Cambodia


Labor Day


Year Zero


Those Who Wear Levi's


Those Who Make Levi's


Progress


Treasure and Trash


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


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