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

by Jeremy Seabrook

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, killing 1,129 people and injuring over...

• 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"