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

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 shoe factory that is changing lives one job at time; updates on how workers worldwide have been squeezed by rising food costs and declining orders in the wake of the global financial crisis; and the author's search for the garment worker in Honduras who inspired the first edition of the bookKelsey Timmerman speaks and universities around the country and maintains a blog at www.whereamiwearing.com. His writing has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and Cond Nast Portfolio, and has aired on NPR.Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization. INDICE: PrefaceProloguePart I: The MissionChapter 1: A Consumer Goes GlobalChapter 2: Tattoo's Tropical ParadiseChapter 3: Fake Blood, Sweat, and Tears:Anti-Sweatshop Protestors2012 Update: Hungry for ChoicesPart II: My Underwear: Made in BangladeshChapter 4: Jingle TheseChapter 5: Undercover in the Underwear BizChapter 6: Bangladesh Amusement ParkChapter 7: Inside My First SweatshopChapter 8: Child Labor in ActionChapter 9: Arifa, the Garment WorkerChapter 10: HopeChapter 11: No Black and White, Only Green2012 update: The Faces of CrisisPart III: My Pants: Made in CambodiaChapter 12: Labor DayChapter 13: Year ZeroChapter 14: Those Who Wear Levi€™sChapter 15: Those Who Make Levi€™sChapter16: Blue Jean MachineChapter 17: ProgressChapter 18: Treasure and Trash2012 update: MigrationPart IV: My Flip-Flops: Made in ChinaChapter 19: PO'ed VPChapter 20: Life at the BottomChapter 21: Growing PainsChapter 22: The Real ChinaChapter 23: On a BudgetChapter 24: An All-American Chinese Wal-MartChapter 25: The Chinese Fantasy2012 update: Restarting, AgainPart V: My Shorts: Made in AmericaChapter 26: For Richer, for PoorerChapter 27: Return to Fantasy IslandChapter 28: Amilcar€™s JourneyChapter 29: An American DreamChapter 30: Touron GoesGlocalDiscussion QuestionsNot to Freshmen MeWhere Am I Wearing Service-Learning GuideAcknowledgements

• ISBN: 978-1-118-27755-3
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 09/05/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés