Where underpants come from
Subtitle: from checkout to cotton field - travels through the new China
By: Joe Bennett
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781847370013
Subjects: Travel; Commerce; Clothing trade; Exports; Economic conditions; Description and travel; Economic history
Description: "Tracing the route of an ordinary pair of underpants from their purchase in New Zealand back to where they were made, Bennett has created a wonderfully funny and insightful look at the nature of global trade and the rise of the new China, the factory of the world."--Publisher Notes.
Notes: New Zealand author.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1.; title: Becoming Sherlock -- -- 2.; title: Pooh in Shanghai -- -- 3.; title: No Teasing the Shrimps -- -- 4.; title: The Dart on My Gusset -- -- 5.; title: Walk Upright and Speak English -- -- 6.; title: Dining with Dirk -- -- 7.; title: We Made Your Pants -- -- 8.; title: At Beautiful Success -- -- 9.; title: The Picturesque Poor -- -- 10.; title: To Yibloodywu -- -- 11.; title: They Play Cricket -- -- 12.; title: May I See Your Trees? -- -- 13.; title: `Fun Time' It Said -- -- 14.; title: We Walked Around the World -- -- 15.; title: Gone West -- -- 16.; title: They Like Your Tractor -- -- 17.; title: Faces -- -- 18.; title: Cart Meets Car -- -- 19.; title: Ozymandias in Mud -- -- 20.; title: Stretching the Horse's Tail -- -- 21.; title: I Spy Strangers.