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Preface: The frailty of commodity chains
From head to toe
From the designer's point of view. From "the global" to "the girl" ; When is a shoe a shoe?
Feet and fit. The world at her fit: scale-making, uniqueness, and standardization ; Cinderella on the Pearl River Delta: who has the power to translate?
The global in the rearview mirror
Interlude: a landscape of factories ; The ruins and rubble of Novo Hamburgo: skill and melancholia in a global shoe town
Conclusion: what did we learn about globalization by looking at shoes?
Coda: shoe is a gipsy business.
From head to toe
From the designer's point of view. From "the global" to "the girl" ; When is a shoe a shoe?
Feet and fit. The world at her fit: scale-making, uniqueness, and standardization ; Cinderella on the Pearl River Delta: who has the power to translate?
The global in the rearview mirror
Interlude: a landscape of factories ; The ruins and rubble of Novo Hamburgo: skill and melancholia in a global shoe town
Conclusion: what did we learn about globalization by looking at shoes?
Coda: shoe is a gipsy business.