{"product_id":"where-am-i-wearing-9781118277553","title":"Where am I Wearing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eWhen 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. \u003ci\u003eWhere Am I Wearing?\u003c\/i\u003e 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 globalizationthe factory workers, their names, their families, and their way of life\u003ci\u003eWhere Am I Wearing\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the gap between global producers and consumers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew 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 t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologue: We Have It Made xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Mission 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 A Consumer Goes Global 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Tattoo’s Tropical Paradise 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Fake Blood, Sweat, and Tears: Anti-Sweatshop Protestors 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II My Underwear: Made in Bangladesh 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Jingle These 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Undercover in the Underwear Biz 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Bangladesh Amusement Park 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Inside My First Sweatshop 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Child Labor in Action 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Arifa, the Garment Worker 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Hope 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 No Black and White, Only Green 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpdate for Revised Edition: Hungry for Choices 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III My Pants: Made in Cambodia 79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Labor Day 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Year Zero 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Those Who Wear Levi’s 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Those Who Make Levi’s 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Blue Jean Machine 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Progress 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Treasure and Trash 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpdate for Revised Edition: The Faces of Crisis 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV My Flip-Flops: Made in China 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 PO’ed VP 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Life at the Bottom 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Growing Pains 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 The Real China 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 On a Budget 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24 An All-American Chinese Walmart 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25 The Chinese Fantasy 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpdate for Revised Edition: Migration 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Made in America 197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26 For Richer, for Poorer 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpdate for Revised Edition: Restarting, Again 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 27 Return to Fantasy Island 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 28 Amilcar’s Journey 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 29 An American Dream 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 30 Touron Goes Glocal 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix A Discussion Questions 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix B Note to Freshman Me 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix C Where Are You Teaching?: A Guide to Taking Where Am I Wearing? to a Glocal Context 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 285\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406845714775,"sku":"9781118277553","price":15.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118277553.jpg?v=1730497320","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/where-am-i-wearing-9781118277553","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}