Invisible Hands
eBook - ePub

Invisible Hands

Voices from the Global Economy

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eBook - ePub

Invisible Hands

Voices from the Global Economy

About this book

The men and women inInvisible Handsreveal the human rights abuses occurring behind the scenes of the global economy. These narrators — including phone manufacturers in China, copper miners in Zambia, garment workers in Bangladesh, and farmers around the world — reveal the secret history of the things we buy, including lives and communities devastated by low wages, environmental degradation, and political repression. Sweeping in scope and rich in detail, these stories capture the interconnectivity of all people struggling to support themselves and their families. Narrators include Kalpona, a leading Bangladeshi labor organizer who led her first strike at 15; Han, who, as a teenager, began assembling circuit boards for an international electronics company based in Seoul; Albert, a copper miner in Zambia who, during a wage protest, was shot by representatives of the Chinese-owned mining company that he worked for; and Sanjay, who grew up in the shadow of the Bhopal chemical disaster, one of the worst industrial accidents in history. Download the corresponding lesson plans on the Voice of Witness website.

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Yes, you can access Invisible Hands by Corinne Goria, Corrine Goria in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Agricultural Public Policy. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Additional Research for the 2022 Edition
  6. Contents
  7. Preface to the 2022 Edition
  8. Foreword: Stories That Demand Change
  9. Introduction: Meeting in the Marketplace
  10. Executive Editor’s Note
  11. Map of Narrator Locations in this Book
  12. The Garment Industry: A Struggle for Fair Wages
  13. Agriculture: The Original Global Economy
  14. Resource Extraction: Buying and Selling the Earth
  15. Electronics: Novel Technologies, Familiar Problems
  16. Afterword
  17. Appendices
  18. Acknowledgments
  19. About the Editor
  20. About Voice of Witness
  21. The Voice of Witness Book Series
  22. About Haymarket Books
  23. Back Cover