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"A wry look at the ingenuity it takes to shun the planet's fastest-growing economy." --Bloomberg News
"The West's dependence on Chinese exports neatly summed up."--The Daily Telegraph
"What the year-long experiment did achieve was to switch on Bongiorni as a consumer and make her alive to the complexities and shifting power of the international economy." --Financial Times
"A fascinating and entertaining look at just how much of a challenge an average consumer faces . . . to avoid buying Chinese goods."--Supply Management
"Bongiorni is a graceful, self-deprecating writer, and her comic adventures in self-imposed inconvenience cast an interesting sideways glance at the personal effects of globalism."--Publishers Weekly
"A wry look at the ingenuity it takes to shun the planet's fastest-growing economy." --Bloomberg News
"The West's dependence on Chinese exports neatly summed up."--The Daily Telegraph
"What the year-long experiment did achieve was to switch on Bongiorni as a consumer and make her alive to the complexities and shifting power of the international economy." --Financial Times
"A fascinating and entertaining look at just how much of a challenge an average consumer faces . . . to avoid buying Chinese goods."--Supply Management
"Bongiorni is a graceful, self-deprecating writer, and her comic adventures in self-imposed inconvenience cast an interesting sideways glance at the personal effects of globalism."--Publishers Weekly
SARA BONGIORNI is a writer and journalist who has worked at news-papers and business publications in California and Louisiana. Her "beat" has included international trade and its impact on local economies. Bongiorni has won local, state, and national awards for her articles, including a 2002 Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for her part in a series on the impact of out-migration on the Louisiana economy. Bongiorni graduated from the University of California, San Diego, and holds a master's degree in journalism from Indiana University.
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE
Farewell, My Concubine 5
CHAPTER TWO
Red Shoes 31
CHAPTER THREE
Rise and China 47
CHAPTER FOUR
Manufacturing Dissent 63
CHAPTER FIVE
A Modest Proposal 79
CHAPTER SIX
Mothers of Invention 95
CHAPTER SEVEN
Summer of Discontent 111
CHAPTER EIGHT
Red Tide 127
CHAPTER NINE
China Dreams 141
CHAPTER TEN
Meltdown 155
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The China Season 175
CHAPTER TWELVE
Road's End 191
Epilogue 219
About the Author 229
Index 231
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Betriebswirtschaft |
Genre: | Importe, Wirtschaft |
Rubrik: | Recht & Wirtschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 256 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780470379202 |
ISBN-10: | 0470379200 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 14537920000 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Bongiorni, Sara |
Hersteller: |
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | Sara Bongiorni |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.10.2008 |
Gewicht: | 0,371 kg |
SARA BONGIORNI is a writer and journalist who has worked at news-papers and business publications in California and Louisiana. Her "beat" has included international trade and its impact on local economies. Bongiorni has won local, state, and national awards for her articles, including a 2002 Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for her part in a series on the impact of out-migration on the Louisiana economy. Bongiorni graduated from the University of California, San Diego, and holds a master's degree in journalism from Indiana University.
Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER ONE
Farewell, My Concubine 5
CHAPTER TWO
Red Shoes 31
CHAPTER THREE
Rise and China 47
CHAPTER FOUR
Manufacturing Dissent 63
CHAPTER FIVE
A Modest Proposal 79
CHAPTER SIX
Mothers of Invention 95
CHAPTER SEVEN
Summer of Discontent 111
CHAPTER EIGHT
Red Tide 127
CHAPTER NINE
China Dreams 141
CHAPTER TEN
Meltdown 155
CHAPTER ELEVEN
The China Season 175
CHAPTER TWELVE
Road's End 191
Epilogue 219
About the Author 229
Index 231
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2008 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Betriebswirtschaft |
Genre: | Importe, Wirtschaft |
Rubrik: | Recht & Wirtschaft |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 256 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780470379202 |
ISBN-10: | 0470379200 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Herstellernummer: | 14537920000 |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Bongiorni, Sara |
Hersteller: |
Wiley
John Wiley & Sons |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Wiley-VCH GmbH, Boschstr. 12, D-69469 Weinheim, product-safety@wiley.com |
Maße: | 229 x 152 x 14 mm |
Von/Mit: | Sara Bongiorni |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.10.2008 |
Gewicht: | 0,371 kg |