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• Praise
• Half Title
• About The Author
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Preface to the second edition
• Introduction
• 1: A biography of jeans
• JEANS: A SOCIAL HISTORY
• DESIGNING DENIM
• GROWING COTTON
• GINNING, SPINNING AND WEAVING
• MANUFACTURING JEANS
• ADVERTISING AND RETAIL
• TODAY’S JEANS SYSTEMS OF PROVISION
• THEORIZING PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION
• 2: Clothes and capital
• BRA WARS
• CRISES OF CAPITALISM
• THE ORIGINS OF CLOTHES AND UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT
• CLOTHING IN ANCIENT SOCIETY
• PROTECTED TRADE IN THE FEUDAL ERA
• CAPITALISM AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
• CAPITAL AND COLONIAL EXPANSION
• CAPITALISM ADAPTS IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
• THE MULTI-FIBER ARRANGEMENT AND THE GROWTH OF FAST FASHION
• 3: The shadow world of used clothing
• CLOTHING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
• SECOND-HAND CLOTHING IN HISTORICAL CONTEXTS
• WASTE AND CLOTHING CONSUMPTION
• SECOND-HAND CLOTHING CHARITIES IN THE UK
• THE COMMERCIAL TRADE IN SECOND-HAND CLOTHING
• OXFAM WASTESAVER: PROCESSING CLOTHES FOR EXPORT
• THE SECOND-HAND AND NEW CLOTHING TRADES IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
• 4: Cotton is the mother of poverty
• AFRICA AND GLOBAL MARKETS
• COTTON IN COLONIAL MOZAMBIQUE
• COTTON AND STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE
• ECONOMIC LIBERALIZATION AND COTTON SUBSIDIES
• 5: Made in China and Africa
• CHINESE ECONOMIC EXPANSION
• AFRICAN ATTEMPTS AT INDUSTRIAL MODERNIZATION
• CHINA’S NEW INVESTMENTS IN AFRICA
• CASUALIZATION AND LABOUR ABUSES AT MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES
• DISCIPLINE AND PROFIT
• LABOUR DISCONTENT AND THE CLOSURE OF MULUNGUSHI TEXTILES
• 6: Second-hand Africa
• SUPER BOWL’S OTHER WINNERS
• SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN AFRICA
• USED-CLOTHING ASSIGNMENTS
• NIGERIA: ECONOMIC TURMOIL
• USED-CLOTHING IMPORTS AND THE DECLINE OF AFRICAN CLOTHING INDUSTRIES
• 7: Persistent poverty
• GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT IN MOZAMBIQUE
• SECOND-HAND CLOTHING IMPORTS AND WHOLESALE
• WORK IN THE SECOND-HAND CLOTHING SECTOR
• THE UNUSUAL CASE OF HUMANA–ADPP
• SHOPPING FOR SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN MOZAMBIQUE
• 8: Old clothes and new looks
• THE M65 US MILITARY FIELD JACKET
• VINTAGE FASHION IN COOL CITIES
• JAPANESE JEANS
• USED-CLOTHING MARKETS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
• UPCYCLING
• 9: Ethical clothing myths and realities
• TOMS SHOES
• ETHICAL CONSUMPTION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
• VALUING FAIRTRADE CLOTHES
• VIVIENNE WESTWOOD AND POLITICAL CONSUMPTION
• MARKETING ‘MADE WITH LOVE IN NAIROBI’
• ETHICAL RECYCLING AND NEW CYCLES OF CONSUMPTION
• SUSTAINABLE FASHION
• PERSPECTIVES ON ETHICAL CONSUMPTION
• 10: Fast fashion
• FAST FASHION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• CONSUMING FAST FASHION
• FAST-FASHION AND SECOND-HAND CLOTHES IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
• CLOSED-LOOP FAST FASHION
• WHAT SHOULD BE DONE WITH FAST FASHION?
• Notes
• Further reading
• Index