Slaves to Fashion : Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Sweatshops Are Where Hearts Starve -- Part 1. The Fall and Rise of Sweatshops in the United States -- Chapter 1. What Is a Sweatshop? -- Appendix 1. Estimating the Number of Sweatshop Workers in the United States in 2000 -- Chapter 2. Memory of Strike and Fire -- Chapter 3. The Decline of Sweatshops in the United States -- Chapter 4. The Era of Decency and the Return of the Sweatshop -- Part 2. Explaining the Rise of the New Sweatshops -- Chapter 5. Global Capitalism and the Race to the Bottom in the Production of Our Clothes -- Chapter 6. Retail Chains: The Eight-Hundred-Pound Gorillas of the World Trade in Clothing -- Chapter 7. Firing Guard Dogs and Hiring Foxes -- Chapter 8. Immigrants and Imports -- Chapter 9. Union Busting and the Global Runaway Shop -- Chapter 10. Framing Immigrants, Humiliating Big Shots: Mass Media and the Sweatshop Issue -- Appendix 2. Details of the Immigrant Blame Analysis -- Conclusion to Part 2: Producing Sweatshops in the United States -- Part 3. Movements and Policies -- Chapter 11. Combating Sweatshops from the Grass Roots -- Chapter 12. Solidarity North and South: Reframing International Labor Rights -- Chapter 13. Ascending a Ladder of Effective Antisweatshop Policy -- Chapter 14. Three Pillars of Decency -- Personal Epilogue: Hearts Starve -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Year of publication: |
2004
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Authors: | Ross, Robert J. S |
Publisher: |
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press |
Subject: | Sklaverei | Slavery | Mode | Fashion | Armut | Poverty | Sozialstandards | Labour standards |
Description of contents: |
A provocative and accessible history and study of the sweatshop and a major contribution to the debate over its rebirth.
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Extent: | 1 online resource (409 pages) |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. |
ISBN: | 978-0-472-02566-4 ; 978-0-472-03022-4 |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012687200
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