Slaves to fashion : poverty and abuse in the new sweatshops / Robert J. S. Ross.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ross, Robert J. S., 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2004.
Subjects:	Sweatshops. Clothing workers. Clothing trade > Corrupt practices.
Online Access:	Table of contents

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Sweatshops are where hearts starve
PART 1: THE FALL AND RISE OF SWEATSHOPS IN THE UNITED STATES: What is a sweatshop?
Appendix I: Estimating the number of sweatshop workers in the United States in 2000
Memory of strike and fire
The decline of sweatshops in the United States
The era of decency and the return of the sweatshop
PART 2: EXPLAINING THE RISE OF THE NEW SWEATSHOPS: Global capitalism and race to the bottom in the production of our clothes
Retail chains: the eight-hundred- pound gorillas of the world trade in clothing
Firing guard dogs and hiring foxes
Immigrants and imports
Union busting and the global runaway shop
Framing immigrants, humilitating big shots: mass media and the sweatshop issue
Appendix 2: Details of the immigrant blame analysis
Conclusion to Part 2: Producing sweatshops in the United States
PART 3: MOVEMENTS AND POLICIES: Combating sweatshops from the grass roots
Solidarity North and South: reframing international labor rights
Ascending a ladder of effective antisweatshop policy
Three pillars of decency
Personal epilogue: Hearts starve.

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