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

Author/creator Snyder, Rachel Louise
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008.
Description352 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects
Clothing trade.
Denim.
International trade.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [325]-333) and index.
LCCN 2007024335
ISBN9780393061802 (hardcover)
ISBN0393061809 (hardcover)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HD9940.A2 S618 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold