Foot Work: What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation

Description

Product ID:	9781474609869
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Foot Work
Subtitle:	What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation
Authors:	Author: Tansy E. Hoskins
Page Count:	288
Subjects:	Cultural studies: dress and society, Fashion & society, Globalization, Consumerism, Apparel, garment and textile industries, Globalization, Consumerism, Textile industries
Description:	Select Guide Rating An urgently needed exploration and expose of the shoe industry, and the damage it is doing to workers, consumers and the planet ''Fascinating and eye-opening'' OWEN JONES DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM? DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN YOU''RE DONE WITH THEM? In 2019, 66.6 million pairs of shoes were manufactured across the world every single day. They have never been cheaper to buy, and we have never been more convinced that we need to buy them. Yet their cost to the planet has never been greater. In this urgent, passionately argued book, Tansy E. Hoskins opens our eyes to the dark origins of the shoes on our feet. Taking us deep into the heart of an industry that is exploiting workers and deceiving consumers, we begin to understand that if we don''t act fast, this humble household object will take us to the point of no return.
Imprint Name:	Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher Name:	Orion Publishing Co
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2022-03-03

Weight	250 g
Dimensions	130 × 196 × 28 mm