About this title: When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. In this look at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, Karen Tranberg Hansen takes us around the world from the West, where clothing is donated, through the salvage houses in North America and Europe, where it is sorted and compressed, to Africa, in this case, Zambia. There it enters the dynamic world of "Salaula", a Bemba term that means "to rummage through a pile". Essential for the African economy, the ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 2000-08-01
ISBN-13:9780226315812ISBN:0226315819
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226315812ISBN:0226315819
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CHICAGO PR
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780226315812ISBN:0226315819
Description: New. When we donate our unwanted clothes to charity, we rarely think about what will happen to them: who will sort and sell them, and finally, who will revive and wear them. In this fascinating look at the multibillion dollar secondhand clothing business, ... read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226315812ISBN:0226315819
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