Overview
Globalization makes it difficult to know where the things you buy come from. Journalist and travel writer Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his clothes came from and who made them, so he traveled from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back. Along the way, he met the people who made his favorite clothes and learned as much about them as he did about globalization itself. Enlightening and controversial at once, this book puts a human face on globalization.
Full Product Details
Author: Kelsey Timmerman
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 23.80cm
Weight: 0.464kg
ISBN: 9780470376546
ISBN 10: 0470376546
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 12 December 2008
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
If you are interested in learning more, I recommend Kelsey's book. It's light reading...Give it a try! (BromleyTimes.co.uk, January 14th 2009) ...his conclusion that we should try to be engaged consumers not mindless pocketbooks may be a valuable revelation. (Financial Times, January 24th 2009) ...puts globalization into human perspective. He Personalizes the stories of the people who make our clothes...highly entertaining and thought provoking (Manchester Evening News, January 24th 2009) Timmerman puts faces on the garment industry. This needs doing and he has the warmth, compassion and interest (Irish Times, February 4th 2009) ...some of the realities - and myths...It's a personal take on a global issue. The corporate version of travel writing. (Ethical Corporation Magazine, February 2009) Timmerman pull us right in to the lives of these people - forced into a life of hard labour. (4Men Magazine, April 2009)
""If you are interested in learning more, I recommend Kelsey's book. It's light reading...Give it a try!"" (BromleyTimes.co.uk, January 14th 2009) ""...his conclusion that ""we should try to be engaged consumers not mindless pocketbooks"" may be a valuable revelation."" (Financial Times, January 24th 2009) ""...puts globalization into human perspective. He Personalizes the stories of the people who make our clothes...highly entertaining and thought provoking"" (Manchester Evening News, January 24th 2009) ""Timmerman puts faces on the garment industry. This needs doing and he has the warmth, compassion and interest"" (Irish Times, February 4th 2009) ""...some of the realities - and myths...It's a personal take on a global issue. The corporate version of travel writing."" (Ethical Corporation Magazine, February 2009) ""Timmerman pull us right in to the lives of these people - forced into a life of hard labour."" (4Men Magazine, April 2009)
Author Information
Kelsey Timmerman is a freelance journalist whose writing has appeared in the Christian Science Monitor and has aired on NPR. He maintains a blog at www.whereamiwearing.com. He lives with his wife, Annie, in Indiana.
