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Clothing poverty : the hidden world of fast fashion and second-hand clothes / Andrew Brooks.
By: Brooks, Andrew (Lecturer in development geography) [author.]
.Publisher: London : Zed Books, 2019Edition: Second edition.Description: xvi, 457 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781786997388; 9781786997371; 9781786997395; 9781786997401.Subject(s): Clothing trade -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries | Used clothing industry -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries | Recycled productsDDC classification: 338.47687
Contents:
A biography of jeans -- Clothes and capital -- The shadow world of used clothing -- Cotton is the mother of poverty -- Made in China and Africa -- Second-hand Africa -- Persistent poverty -- Old clothes and new looks -- Ethical clothing myths and realities -- Fast fashion.
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 338.47687 BRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 018122 |
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Previous edition: 2015.
A biography of jeans -- Clothes and capital -- The shadow world of used clothing -- Cotton is the mother of poverty -- Made in China and Africa -- Second-hand Africa -- Persistent poverty -- Old clothes and new looks -- Ethical clothing myths and realities -- Fast fashion.