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1 online resource |
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polychrome. |
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data file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-376) and index. |
| Contents |
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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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Supported by carefully researched evidence, the author traces the 20th century fall and tragic rebirth of sweatshop conditions in the American apparel industry. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
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. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Sweatshops.
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Sweatshops. |
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Clothing workers.
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Clothing workers. |
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Clothing trade -- Corrupt practices.
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Clothing trade -- Corrupt practices. |
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Clothing trade. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Slaves to fashion Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004. 0472109413 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2004004960 |
| ISBN |
9780472025664 ebook |
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047202566X |
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0472030221 cloth : alkaline paper |
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1282594052 |
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0472109413 cloth : alkaline paper |
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9786612594052 |
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6612594055 |
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9780472030224 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9781282594050 |
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9780472109418 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9780472025664 |
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10.3998/mpub.15439 |
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