A journalist travels the world to trace the origins of our clothes.
When journalist and traveler Kelsey Timmerman wanted to know where his
clothes came from and who made them, he began a journey that would take
him from Honduras to Bangladesh to Cambodia to China and back again.
Where Am I Wearing? intimately describes the connection between
impoverished garment workers' standards of living and the all-American
material lifestyle. By introducing listeners to the human element of
globalization--the factory workers, their names, their families, and
their way of life--Where Am I Wearing? bridges the gap between global
producers and consumers.
New content includes: a visit to a fair trade Ethiopian shoe factory
that is changing lives one job at time; updates on how workers worldwide
have been squeezed by rising food costs and declining orders in the wake
of the global financial crisis; and the author's search for the garment
worker in Honduras who inspired the first edition of the book.
Kelsey Timmerman speaks at universities around the country, and
maintains a blog at www.whereamiwearing.com. His writing has appeared in
the Christian Science Monitor and Cond Nast Portfolio, and has aired
on NPR.
Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a
human face on globalization.
