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Where Am I Wearing

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A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes

When 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 book
  • Kelsey 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 Condé Nast Portfolio, and has aired on NPR.
  • Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization.


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    Publisher: Wiley Edition: 2

    Kindle Book

    • Release date: April 9, 2012

    OverDrive Read

    • ISBN: 9781118356098
    • Release date: April 9, 2012

    EPUB ebook

    • ISBN: 9781118356098
    • File size: 3622 KB
    • Release date: April 9, 2012

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    Kindle Book
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    subjects

    Business Nonfiction

    Languages

    English

    A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes

    When 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 book
  • Kelsey 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 Condé Nast Portfolio, and has aired on NPR.
  • Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization.


    Expand title description text
    • Details

      Publisher:
      Wiley
      Edition:
      2

      Kindle Book
      Release date: April 9, 2012

      OverDrive Read
      ISBN: 9781118356098
      Release date: April 9, 2012

      EPUB ebook
      ISBN: 9781118356098
      File size: 3622 KB
      Release date: April 9, 2012

    • Creators
    • Formats
      Kindle Book
      OverDrive Read
      EPUB ebook
    • Languages
      English