Fugitive denim : a moving story of people and pants in the borderless world of global trade / Rachel Louise Snyder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder, Rachel Louise.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clothing trade.

Denim.

International trade.

Physical Description:

352 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2008]

Summary:

In the business of making and selling clothes, the ubiquitous "Made in" labels do precious little to convey the constellation of treaties, countries, and people at work in the assembly of a simple pair of jeans. In Fugitive Denim, Rachel Louise Snyder reports from the far reaches of this multi-billion-dollar industry in search of the real people who make your clothes.

Contents:

The subversive ecosystem

The vegetable lamb conquers the world

White gold and all-tex quickie

The little volcanoes we carry

These galoshes were made for walking

The particular dream of cheesecake ends

God's nectar and other denim you don't know you wear

Urinating on your jeans just makes good sense

How the West was won

A society of the mind and other atmospheric contaminants

The artisan of unbearable shopping

In the living we lose control

The ghosts in the trees

The long arm of the non-law

Three men and a foreign policy

A village with no daughters

Knock, knock, knockin' on factory doors

A view of one's own fatigued auditor

The third party, exhibit A: the two-second handshake

The third party, exhibit B: the last-minute orgy and other shoppers' delights

The guardians of Edun.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-333) and index.

ISBN:

9780393061802

0393061809

OCLC:

144598138