عنوان

Slaves to fashion :

(Number (ISBN

047202566X

(Number (ISBN

1282594052

(Number (ISBN

6612594055

(Number (ISBN

9780472025664

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9781282594050

(Number (ISBN

9786612594052

Erroneous ISBN

0472030221

Erroneous ISBN

0472109413

Erroneous ISBN

9780472030224

Erroneous ISBN

9780472109418

Number

b740702

Title Proper

Slaves to fashion :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops /

First Statement of Responsibility

Robert J.S. Ross.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Ann Arbor :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Michigan Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2004.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xii, 396 pages) :

Other Physical Details

illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-376) and index.

Text of Note

Introduction: Sweatshops are where hearts starve -- PART 1: THE FALL AND RISE OF SWEATSHOPS IN THE UNITED STATES: What is a sweatshop? -- Appendix I: Estimating the number of sweatshop workers in the United States in 2000 -- Memory of strike and fire -- The decline of sweatshops in the United States -- The era of decency and the return of the sweatshop -- PART 2: EXPLAINING THE RISE OF THE NEW SWEATSHOPS: Global capitalism and race to the bottom in the production of our clothes -- Retail chains: the eight-hundred- pound gorillas of the world trade in clothing -- Firing guard dogs and hiring foxes -- Immigrants and imports -- Union busting and the global runaway shop -- Framing immigrants, humilitating 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: Combating sweatshops from the grass roots -- Solidarity North and South: reframing international labor rights -- Ascending a ladder of effective antisweatshop policy -- Three pillars of decency -- Personal epilogue: Hearts starve.

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Text of Note

Supported by carefully researched evidence, the author traces the 20th century fall and tragic rebirth of sweatshop conditions in the American apparel industry.

Text of Note

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctt1d3ksz8

Title

Slaves to fashion.

International Standard Book Number

9780472030224

Clothing trade-- Corrupt practices.

Clothing workers.

Sweatshops.

Sweating-system.

Vêtement, Travailleurs du.

Vêtements-- Industrie et commerce-- Pratiques déloyales.

Arbeiders.

Arbeitsbedingungen

Armoede.

Ausbeutung

Bekleidungsindustrie

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS-- Labor.

Business & Economics.

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.

Clothing trade-- Corrupt practices.

Clothing workers.

Industrial Management.

Industries / Fashion & Textile Industry.

Kleermakerijen.

Management.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor & Industrial Relations.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Economic Policy.

Sweating system.

Sweatshops.

Textilindustrie

Uitbuiting.

Vêtements-- Industrie et commerce-- Pratiques déloyales.

USA.

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BUS038000

POL-- 013000

POL024000

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SOC002000

SOC026000

Number

331.25

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Edition

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Book number

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System Code

System Code

Ross, Robert J. S.,1943-

Date of Transaction

20201204013930.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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