MULTICULTURAL REVIEW

What starts out as a personal tale of heartwarming reflections, with a purity of soul that is disarming, effortlessly turns into an intellectually stimulating discourse of serious import. The analysis and implications flow as this book delves into the dark shadows of sweatshops in the garment industry and eventually succeeds in illuminating our insatiable hunger to consume, sometimes at the expense of human and social justice. This is a book that will impress those of us who consider globalization to eventually be a local issue, as the reader understands the notion of sweatshops in our very own backyards.

Ross achieves the goal of keeping the reader interested by providing an ever-present sense of discomfiture. No astute reader of any work on globalization should approach a serious work of this nature unless they are willing and able to question the byproducts of globalization that might not look as appealing as the apparel that adorns our storefronts. This book belongs on the shelf of any student of globalization who wishes to approach the debate with the respect it deserves. Readers interested in the social and political impact of sweatshops on immigrant communities will find the book of interest as well.

Raj Devasagayam

Siena College