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Where am I wearing? : a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes / Kelsey Timmerman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley and Sons, Inc., c2009.Description: xiv, 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780470376546 (cloth)
  • 0470376546 (cloth)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/7687 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9940.A2 T56 2009
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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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Books Books JST Library General Stacks HD<br>Industries. Land use. Labor HD 9940.A2 TIM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 112207
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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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