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 readers 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 and universities around the country and
maintains a blog at www.whereamiwearing.com. His writing has appeared
in the Christian Science Monitor and Condé Nast Portfolio, and has
aired on NPR.
Enlightening and thought-provoking at once, Where Am I Wearing? puts a
human face on globalization.