Clothing poverty : the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes /: the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andrew Brooks.
• Authors: (Lecturer in development geography), Brooks, Andrew
• Contents: Front Cover; Praise; Half Title; About The Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface to the second edition; Introduction; 1: A biography of jeans; JEANS: A SOCIAL HISTORY; DESIGNING DENIM; GROWING COTTON; GINNING, SPINNING AND WEAVING; MANUFACTURING JEANS; ADVERTISING AND RETAIL; TODAY'S JEANS SYSTEMS OF PROVISION; THEORIZING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; 2: Clothes and capital; BRA WARS; CRISES OF CAPITALISM; THE ORIGINS OF CLOTHES AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT; CLOTHING IN ANCIENT SOCIETY; PROTECTED TRADE IN THE FEUDAL ERA; CAPITALISM AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION CAPITAL AND COLONIAL EXPANSIONCAPITALISM ADAPTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; THE MULTI-FIBER ARRANGEMENT AND THE GROWTH OF FAST FASHION; 3: The shadow world of used clothing; CLOTHING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA; SECOND-HAND CLOTHING IN HISTORICAL CONTEXTS; WASTE AND CLOTHING CONSUMPTION; SECOND-HAND CLOTHING CHARITIES IN THE UK; THE COMMERCIAL TRADE IN SECOND-HAND CLOTHING; OXFAM WASTESAVER: PROCESSING CLOTHES FOR EXPORT; THE SECOND-HAND AND NEW CLOTHING TRADES IN GLOBAL CONTEXT; 4: Cotton is the mother of poverty; AFRICA AND GLOBAL MARKETS; COTTON IN COLONIAL MOZAMBIQUE COTTON AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN CÔTE D'IVOIREECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND COTTON SUBSIDIES; 5: Made in China and Africa; CHINESE ECONOMIC EXPANSION; AFRICAN ATTEMPTS AT INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION; CHINA'S NEW INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA; CASUALIZATION AND LABOUR ABUSES AT MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES; DISCIPLINE AND PROFIT; LABOUR DISCONTENT AND THE CLOSURE OF MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES; 6: Second-hand Africa; SUPER BOWL'S OTHER WINNERS; SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN AFRICA; USED-CLOTHING ASSIGNMENTS; NIGERIA: ECONOMIC TURMOIL; USED-CLOTHING IMPORTS AND THE DECLINE OF AFRICAN CLOTHING INDUSTRIES; 7: Persistent poverty GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT IN MOZAMBIQUESECOND-HAND CLOTHING IMPORTS AND WHOLESALE; WORK IN THE SECOND-HAND CLOTHING SECTOR; THE UNUSUAL CASE OF HUMANA-ADPP; SHOPPING FOR SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN MOZAMBIQUE; 8: Old clothes and new looks; THE M65 US MILITARY FIELD JACKET; VINTAGE FASHION IN COOL CITIES; JAPANESE JEANS; USED-CLOTHING MARKETS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH; UPCYCLING; 9: Ethical clothing myths and realities; TOMS SHOES; ETHICAL CONSUMPTION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; VALUING FAIRTRADE CLOTHES; VIVIENNE WESTWOOD AND POLITICAL CONSUMPTION; MARKETING 'MADE WITH LOVE IN NAIROBI' ETHICAL RECYCLING AND NEW CYCLES OF CONSUMPTIONSUSTAINABLE FASHION; PERSPECTIVES ON ETHICAL CONSUMPTION; 10: Fast fashion; FAST FASHION AND THE ENVIRONMENT; CONSUMING FAST FASHION; FAST-FASHION AND SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH; CLOSED-LOOP FAST FASHION; WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH FAST FASHION?; Notes; Further reading; Index
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: London : Zed
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvi, 457 pages)
• Subjects: 338.4/7687; Clothing trade -- Developing countries; Used clothing industry -- Economic aspects; Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects; Poverty; Clothing trade; Clothing trade -- Moral and ethical aspects; Poverty; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786997395; 1786997398; 9781786997388; 9781786997401; 1786997401
• Related ISBNs: 178699738X; 9781786997371; 1786997371
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 06, 2019).
• 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.