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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. Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization"--
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Where am I Wearing?, Kelsey Timmerman
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- Released
- 2012
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- Title
- Where am I Wearing?
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Kelsey Timmerman
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Released
- 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 1118277554
- ISBN13
- 9781118277553
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Maps & Travel, Business, Business & Management, Travel, Economics, School, Sociology, Required Reading
- Rating
- 3.35 out of 5
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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. Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a human face on globalization"--