Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fast Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes: By Andrew BrooksLondon: Zed Books, 2019, 457 pp., $19.95 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-78699-737-1.

The new and updated edition of Andrew Brooks' I Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World of Fashion and Second-Hand Clothes i provides a multi-faceted picture of the dynamics of global clothing production and trade networks. Andrew Brooks critically assesses the systems of production and disposal that are at the core of the contemporary global garment industry through highlighting important historical events and explaining the dynamics of modern-day trade patterns. Throughout the book, Brooks critically analyses how value is created in different segments of the global garment industry. [Extracted from the article]