Invisible hands
Subtitle: voices from the global economy
By: compiled and edited by Corinne Goria ; foreword by Kalpona Akter ; assistant editors : Delmi Arriaza and 11 others ; research editor : Alex Carp
Series: Voice of witness; Voice of witness
Publisher: McSweeney's
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9781938073908
Description: The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators--including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world--reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivity of all people struggling to support themselves and their families.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The garment industry: A struggle for fair wages; title: Resource extraction: Buying and selling the Earth; title: Electronics: Novel technologies, familiar problems; title: Appendices.; title: Foreword: Stories that demand change / Kalpona Akter; title: Introduction: Meeting in the marketplace / Corinne Goria; title: Executive editor's note / mimi lok; title: Map of narrator locations in this book; title: The garment industry: A struggle for fair wages; title: Bangladesh, Former garment worker, labor organizer / Kalpona Akter; title: Mexico, Garment worker / Ana Juárez; title: Mexico, Labor organizer / Martín Barrios; title: Agriculture: The Original global economy; title: India, Former cotton farmer, day laborer, cook / Pournima Akolkar; title: Uzbekistan, Seamstress / Nasiba Opa; title: Guatemala, Farmer / Francisca Cocón; title: United States, Vineyard worker, Amway salesman / Fausto Guzmán; title: United States, High school student, tobacco field worker / Neftali Cuello; title: Resource extraction: Buying and selling the Earth; title: Zambia, Salesman, former miner / Albert Mwanaumo; title: Papua New Guinea, Musician, filmmaker / Clive Porabou; title: United States, Borax miner / Terri Judd; title: Nigeria, Salesman, nurse / Bere Suanu Kingston; title: India, Tutor, community advocate / Sanjay Verma; title: Electronics: Novel technologies, familiar problems; title: China, Former factory worker / Li Wen; title: China, Factory worker / Sung Huang; title: South Korea, Former factory worker / Hye-kyeong Han; title: Appendices; title: I.  Timeline of industrial modernization; title: II.  Glossary; title: III.  Historical capsules; title: IV.  Wages in decline / The Center for American Progress and the Workers Rights Consortium.