Where Underpants Come From From Cotton Fields to Checkout Counters -- Travels Through the New China and Int o the New Global Economy

Name: Where Underpants Come From From Cotton Fields to Checkout Counters -- Travels Through the New China and Int o the New Global Economy
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ISBN: 9781590202289

ISBN-10: 1590202287

ISBN-13: 9781590202289

Edition: 2009

Authors: Joe Bennett

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One manÕs intrepid journey into Asia to discover why his underpants are so cheap When Joe Bennett bought a six-pack of underwear in his local supermarket for five dollars, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profit, from the exchange. How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how is the underwear made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset? Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world, China, to trace his underwear back to their source. Along the way he discovers the extraordinarily balanced and intricate web of contacts and exchanges that makes global trade possibleÑand is rapidly elevating China to the status of…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Abrams, Inc.
Publication date: 7/9/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Size: 5.75" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Map


Introduction



Becoming Sherlock



Pooh in Shanghai



No Teasing the Shrimps



The Dart on My Gusset



Walk Upright and Speak English



Dining with Dirk



We Made Your Pants



At Beautiful Success



The Picturesque Poor



To Yibloodywu



They Play Cricket



May I See Your Trees?



"Fun Time" It Said



We Walked Around the World



Gone West



They Like Your Tractor



Faces



Cart Meets Car



Ozymandias in Mud



Stretching the Horse's Tail



I Spy Strangers


Acknowledgments