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: 9781118277553

ISBN-10: 1118277554

ISBN-13: 9781118277553

Edition: 2nd 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Kelsey Timmerman

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A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothesWhen 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…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 4/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.80" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


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


Update for Revised Edition: Hungry for Choices



My Pants: Made in Cambodia



Labor Day



Year Zero



Those Who Wear Levi's



Those Who Make Levi's



Blue Jean Machine



Progress



Treasure and Trash


Update for Revised Edition: The Faces of Crisis



My Flip-Flops: Made in China



PO'ed VP



Life at the Bottom



Growing Pains



The Real China



On a Budget



An Ail-American Chinese Walmart



The Chinese Fantasy


Update for Revised Edition: Migration



Made in America



For Richer, for Poorer


Update for Revised Edition: Restarting, Again



Return to Fantasy Island



Amilcar's Journey



An American Dream



Touron Goes Glocal



Discussion Questions



Note to Freshman Me



Where Are You Teaching!: A Guide to Taking Where Am I Wearing? to a Glocal Context


Acknowledgments