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ISBN 13: 9780472030224
ISBN 10: 0472030221
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/04/2004
Publisher: Univ of Michigan Pr

Slaves to Fashion

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A provocative and accessible history and study of the sweatshop and a major contribution to the debate over its rebirth

Introduction : sweatshops are where hearts starve	p. 1
What is a sweatshop?	p. 9
Estimating the number of sweatshop workers in the United States in 2000	p. 42
Memory of strike and fire	p. 52
The decline of sweatshops in the United States	p. 72
The era of decency and the return of the sweatshop	p. 86
Global capitalism and the race to the bottom in the production of our clothes	p. 103
Retail chains : the eight-hundred-pound gorillas of the world trade in clothing	p. 125
Firing guard dogs and hiring foxes	p. 147
Immigrants and imports	p. 172
Union busting and the global runaway shop	p. 187
Framing immigrants, humiliating big shots : mass media and the sweatshop issue	p. 206
Details of the immigrant blame analysis	p. 239
Combating sweatshops from the grass roots	p. 249
Solidarity north and south : reframing international labor rights	p. 284
Ascending a ladder of effective antisweatshop policy	p. 309
Three pillars of decency	p. 322
Personal epilogue : hearts starve	p. 335
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