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Author Bongiorni, Sara, 1964-

Title A year without "made in China" : one family's true life adventure in the global economy / Sara Bongiorni.

Imprint Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection J Schick  382.60951 B641y 2007    ---  Lib Use Only
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  382.6 Bon    ---  Available
Description xiv, 235 pages ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Note Includes index.
Summary After she and her family spent one year not buying any products from China, the author offers revealing insights into the complex relationship between the American standard of living and the numerous Chinese imports that are necessary to maintain it.
Contents Farewell, my concubine -- Red shoes -- Rise and China -- Manufacturing dissent -- A modest proposal -- Mothers of invention -- Summer of discontent -- Red tide -- China dreams -- Meltdown -- The China season -- Road's end.
Subject Boycotts -- United States -- Case studies.
Consumers -- United States -- Attitudes.
Exports -- China.
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Boycotts. (OCoLC)fst00837348
Consumers -- Attitudes. (OCoLC)fst00876411
Exports. (OCoLC)fst00918764
Globalization -- Economic aspects. (OCoLC)fst00943533
China. (OCoLC)fst01206073
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
Case studies.
ISBN 9780470116135 (cloth)
0470116137 (cloth)
9780470379202 (pbk.)
0470379200 (pbk.)

 
    
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