Clothing poverty : the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes /: the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Brooks.
• Authors: Brooks, Andrew
• Contents: A biography of jeans -- Clothes and capital -- The shadow world of used clothing -- Cotton is the mother of poverty -- Made in China and Africa -- Second-hand Africa -- Persistent poverty -- Old clothes and new looks -- Ethical clothing myths and realities -- Fast-fashion systems.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (32 pages)
• Subjects: 381.45687; Used clothing industry -- Economic aspects; Clothing trade -- Developing countries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Fashion & Textile Industry; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Second hand-kläder -- ekonomiska aspekter; Beklädnadsindustri; Kläder; Klädhandel; Mode; Kläder -- miljöaspekter; Kläder -- framställning, tillverkning, etc; Clothing trade; Kledinghandel; Handel; Armoede; Hergebruik; Developing countries
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781783606863
• Related ISBNs: 178360686X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.