Where Underpants Come From: From Cotton Fields to Checkout Counters -- Travels Through the New China and Int o the New Global Economy

Bennett, Joe

ISBN 10: 1590202287 / ISBN 13: 9781590202289

Edité par The Overlook Press, 2009

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. N° de réf. du vendeur 00057300143

Synopsis :

Book by Bennett Joe

Quatrième de couverture: When Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of 'Made in China' underpants in his local New Zealand supermarket for $8.59, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profit, from the exchange. Exactly how do pants like this get from their place of manufacture to the West? How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset?
Leaving his supermarket trolley behind, Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world, China, to trace his pants back to their source, a journey that takes him from the smoggy bustle of Shanghai to the remote cotton fields of Xinjiang province on the border with Afghanistan. Along the way he discovers how global trade works and the history underlying the Chinese economic renaissance, a renaissance that is rapidly elevating China to the status of world economic superpower. He also grapples with chopsticks as well as his own prejudices, and marvels at the contrasts in one of the world's oldest, but fastest changing, societies. Funny, wise and insightful, it is another wonderful journey from the acclaimed author of A Land of Two Halves and Mustn't Grumble.
Praise for Joe Bennett:
'Extremely funny . . . in a very English way'
Kate Fox, author of Watching the English, on Mustn't Grumble
'A funny, cool, wise and witty book from cover to cover'
Miles Kington, Independent, on A Land of Two Halves
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Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Where Underpants Come From: From Cotton ...
Éditeur : The Overlook Press
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Etat : Good