Slaves to fashion : poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops / / Robert J. S. Ross
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| Autore: |
Ross Robert J. S. <1943->
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| Titolo: |
Slaves to fashion : poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops / / Robert J. S. Ross
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| Pubblicazione: | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2004 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (409 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.25 |
| Soggetto topico: | Sweatshops |
| Clothing workers | |
| Clothing trade - Corrupt practices | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 352-376) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A provocative and accessible history and study of the sweatshop and a major contribution to the debate over its rebirth. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Slaves to fashion |
| ISBN: | 1-282-59405-2 |
| 9786612594052 | |
| 0-472-02566-X | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910807234703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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