Invisible hands

Invisible hands: voices from the global economy

by Akter, Kalpona Goria, Corinne

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The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators? including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world? reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivi…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Invisible hands : voices from the global economy / compiled and edited by Corinne Goria ; foreword by Kalpona Akter.

Summary

The men and women in Invisible Hands reveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators? including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world? reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivity of all people struggling to support themselves and their families. Narrators include.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2014.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):McSweeney's
  • Place of Publication:San Francisco, CA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2014.

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781940450353, 1940450357
  • oclc:ocn876512566
  • LC Classification:K3240 .G384 2014
  • Dewey Decimal:341.01

Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; Executive Editor' s Note; Map of Narrator Locations; The Garment Industry; Kalpona Akter; Ana Juárez; Martín Barrios; Agriculture; Pournima Akolkar; Nasiba Opa; Francisca Cocón; Fausto Guzmán; Neftali Cuello; Resource Extraction; Albert Mwanaumo; Clive Porabou; Terri Judd; Bere Suanu Kingston; Sanjay Verma; Electronics; Li Wen; Sung Huang; Hye-Kyeong Han; Timeline; Glossary; Historical Capsules; Wages in Decline.

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Subjects

Angestellter Arbeitsfähigkeit Business enterprises -- Moral and ethic… Business ethics Droits de l'homme (Droit international) Globalisierung Human rights Industrie Kapitalismus Morale des affaires

Writers

Akter, Kalpona Goria, Corinne

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