Fugitive denim
Subtitle: a moving story of people and pants in the borderless world of global trade
By: Rachel Louise Snyder
Edition: 1st ed
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780393061802
Subjects: Clothing trade; Denim; International trade
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-333) and index
Table of contents: title: The subversive ecosystem; title: The vegetable lamb conquers the world; title: White gold and all-tex quickie; title: The little volcanoes we carry; title: These galoshes were made for walking; title: The particular dream of cheesecake ends; title: God's nectar and other denim you don't know you wear; title: Urinating on your jeans just makes good sense; title: How the West was won; title: A society of the mind and other atmospheric contaminants; title: The artisan of unbearable shopping; title: In the living we lose control; title: The ghosts in the trees; title: The long arm of the non-law; title: Three men and a foreign policy; title: A village with no daughters; title: Knock, knock, knockin' on factory doors; title: A view of one's own fatigued auditor; title: The third party, exhibit A: the two-second handshake; title: The third party, exhibit B: the last-minute orgy and other shoppers' delights; title: The guardians of Edun