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[...]

Karen Hansen's richly anecdotal narrative explores the textured community lives of New England's working women and men--both white and black--n the half century before the Civil War. Her use of diaries, letters, and autobiographies brings their voices to life, making this study an extraordinary comb[...]

Internasjonale utviklingsstudier er i dag et fag ved flere universiteter og høgskoler. Denne boka gir en grundig, men samtidig lett tilgjengelig innføring i de store spørsmålene som utviklingsstudier handler om: Nord/Sør-forhold, fattigdom, ulikhet og miljø. Det legges vekt på en tverrfaglig [...]

Haute Africa does not refer to a geographical location but to fashion on the African continent. Haute couture is most frequently associated with Paris, Milan, London and New York. Connecting Africa to the associated luxury and decadence of the fashion industry in this way, creates a new and exciting[...]