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No sweat: fashion, free trade, and the rights of garment workers
Andrew Ross
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Frontmatter
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Preface and Acknowledgments (page 1)
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Testimony (Lina Rodriguez Meza, page 4)
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Introduction (Andrew Ross, page 9)
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The Global Resistance to Sweatshops (John Cavanagh, page 39)
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From War Zone to Free Trade Zone (Kitty Krupat, page 51)
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Paying to Lose Our Jobs (Charles Kernaghan, page 79)
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An Appeal to Walt Disney (National Labor Committee, page 95)
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The Myth of Nimble Fingers (Elinor Spielberg, page 113)
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Rat‐Catching: An Interview with Bud Konheim (Sally Singer, page 123)
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The Economics of the Sweatshop (Michael Piore, page 135)
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El Monte Thai Garment Workers: Slave Sweatshops (Julie Su, page 143)
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Labor, History, and Sweatshops in the New Global Economy (Alan Howard, page 151)
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New York: Defending the Union Contract (Carl Proper, page 173)
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"They Want to Kill Us for a Little Money" (Jo‐Ann Mort, page 193)
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The Structure and Growth of the Los Angeles Garment Industry (Steve Nutter, page 199)
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The Labor Behind the Label: Clean Clothes Campaigns in Europe (Linda Shaw, page 215)
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Sweatshopping (Eyal Press, page 221)
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Fashion as a Culture Industry (McKenzie Wark, page 227)
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Tommy Hilfiger in the Age of Mass Customization (Paul Smith, page 249)
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The Problem with Ugly Chic (Robin Givhan, page 263)
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A New Kind of Rag Trade? (Angela McRobbie, page 275)
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After the Year of the Sweatshop: Postscript (Andrew Ross, page 291)
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No Sweat Fashion List, Department of Labor (page 298)
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Notes (page 299)
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Contributors (page 310)
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Photo credits (page 312)
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Published: 1997
Publisher: Verso
- 9781859848661 (hardcover)
- 9781859841723 (paper)