Where Underpants Come From: From Checkout to Cotton Field - Travels Through the New China [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Bennett, Joe

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ISBN 10: 1847370012 ISBN 13: 9781847370013

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2008

Riassunto

When Joe Bennett bought a five-pack of 'Made in China' underpants in his local New Zealand hypermarket for $8.59, he wondered who on earth could be making any money, let alone profit, from the exchange. How many processes and middlemen are involved? Where and how are the pants made? And who decides on the absorbent qualities of the gusset?

WHERE UNDERPANTS COME FROMtells you all you need to know -- in fact, probably more -- about this mystery of global commerce. Leaving his supermarket trolley behind Joe embarks on an odyssey to the new factory of the world, China, to trace his pants back to their source. Along the way he discovers the extraordinarily balanced and intricate web of contacts and exchanges that makes global trade possible -- and rapidly elevating China to the status of world economic superpower. He also grapples with chopsticks, challenges his own prejudices and marvels at the contrasts in one of the world's oldest, but fastest changing, societies. Funny, wise and insightful, it is another wonderful journey from the author of A Land of Two Halvesand Mustn't Grumble.

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Recensione

‘There are many moments of humour, but this is a surprisingly thoughtfull book ... As an introduction to this vast, fast-changing and still frequently baffling country, it’s fascinating’
Daily Mail 2/5
‘Droll and riveting ... sheds light on global capitalism’
Sunday Times Magazine 10/5

‘Bennett tries – and most succeeds – to peer behind the ‘Made in China’ label, at a truly fascinating country’
London Lite 6/5

‘Gloablisation via the gusset, as travel writer Joe Bennett goes from New Zealand to Chian to discover who made his $2 pants, and who made the prfit on them’
Scotland on Sunday 4/5
‘As much a piece of travel writing as it is an overview of the political and economic climate in China, Where Underpants Come From is a fascinating and personal account of a country undergoing rapid change’
Financial Times 24/5
‘Funny, fascinating...brilliant’
Velocity (VLM Airlines and CityJet magazine), May issue

L'autore

Joe Bennett was born in Brighton and since leaving Cambridge University has taught English in a variety of countries including Canada, Spain and New Zealand. He lives in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1847370012
• ISBN 13: 9781847370013
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 272
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile