Global Denim

by Daniel Miller and Sophie Woodward

Book Overview

On any given day nearly half the world's population is wearing blue jeans. This is entirely extraordinary. Yet there has never been a serious attempt to understand the causes, nature and consequences of denim as 'the' global garment of our world. This book takes up that challenge with gusto. It gives clear, if surprising, explanations for why this is the case, challenging the accepted history of jeans and showing why the reasons cannot be commercial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847886310
• ISBN13: 9781847886316
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"