The Song of the Shirt: The High Price of Cheap Garments from Blackburn to Bangladesh

by Jeremy Seabrook

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Oh, Men, with Sisters dear
Oh, Men, with Mothers and Wives
It is not linen you're wearing out,
But human creatures' lives
Stitch - stitch - stitch,
In poverty, hunger and dirt,
Sewing at once, with a double thread,
A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
-from "The Song of the Shirt" by Thomas Hood (1843)

In April 2013 Rana Plaza, an unremarkable eight-story commercial block in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, collapsed,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1849045224

ISBN13:9781849045223

Release Date:October 2015

Publisher:Hurst & Co.

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.4" x 8.4"

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