Invisible Hands : Voices from the Global Economy.
Title:
Invisible Hands : Voices from the Global Economy.
Author:
Goria, Corinne.
ISBN:
9781940450353
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
1 online resource (249 pages)
Series:
Voice of Witness
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- FOREWORD: Stories that Demand Change by Kalpona Akter -- INTRODUCTION: Meeting in the Marketplace by Corinne Goria -- EXECUTIVE EDITOR'S NOTE by mimi lok -- MAP OF NARRATOR LOCATIONS IN THIS BOOK -- THE GARMENT INDUSTRY: A Struggle for Fair Wages -- Kalpona Akter, Bangladesh, Former garment worker, labor organizer -- Ana Juárez, Mexico, Garment worker -- Martín Barrios, Mexico, Labor organizer -- AGRICULTURE: The Original Global Economy -- Pournima Akolkar, India, Former cotton farmer, day laborer, cook -- Nasiba Opa, Uzbekistan, Seamstress -- Francisca Cocón, Guatemala, Farmer -- Fausto Guzmán, United States, Vineyard worker, Amway salesman -- Neftali Cuello, United States, High school student, tobacco field worker -- RESOURCE EXTRACTION: Buying and Selling the Earth -- Albert Mwanaumo, Zambia, Salesman, former miner -- Clive Porabou, Papua New Guinea, Musician, filmmaker -- Terri Judd, United States, Borax miner -- Bere Suanu Kingston, Nigeria, Salesman, nurse -- Sanjay Verma, India, Tutor, community advocate -- ELECTRONICS: Novel Technologies, Familiar Problems -- Li Wen, China, Former factory worker -- Sung Huang, China, Factory worker -- Hye-kyeong Han, South Korea, Former factory worker -- APPENDICES -- I. Timeline of Industrial Modernization -- II. Glossary -- III. Historical Capsules -- IV. Wages in Decline -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABOUT THE EDITOR.
Abstract:
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 Kalpona, a leading Bangladeshi labor organizer who led her first strike at 15; Han, who, as a teenager, began assembling circuit boards for an international electronics company based in Seoul; Albert, a copper miner in Zambia who, during a wage protest, was shot by representatives of the Chinese-owned mining company that he worked for; and Sanjay, who grew up in the shadow of the Bhopal chemical disaster, one of the worst industrial accidents in history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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