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We may well not often think in our clothes as having a function beyond covering our naked physiques and keeping us just a little safer from the elements. But to discount the substantial influence of clothing on anything from economic cycles to the continuing future of water scarcity is to ignore the greater so this means of the apparel we placed on our backs. Disrobed vividly considers the role that clothing plays in from natural disasters to climate change to terrorism to geopolitics to agribusiness. Chapter by section, Tang can take the listener on an unusual journey, telling experiences and asking questions that most consumers have never considered about their clothing. Why do banker's wives sell off their clothes and exactly how will that presage a downturn? How is clothing associated with ethanol and starvation on the African continent? Could RFID in clothing save the lives of thousands of folks in earthquakes across the world? This book can take a day to day item and considers it in a way that listeners may well not have previously thought possible. It tackles subject areas highly relevant to today, from fakes in the museums to farm-to-table eating, and answers questions about how exactly we can anticipate and change the world in areas as far-reaching as the environment, politics, and the clash of civilizations occurring between countries.
