hoschek doug (2 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade paperback. Presumed first edition/first printing. [4], 239, [1] p. Illustrations. This book tells the story of building a business in America 'only to see it all get fleeced by corporate takeovers moving to off shore sourcing. This is a critique of textile making here and abroad, with particular reference to wastewater pollution. Excerpts from a review posted on line: " Doug Hoschek self-published a book, "Polar Pollution: Outdoor Memoirs of Polarfleece, " in which he takes to task some of the major apparel companies for abandoning the U.S. for plants in Asia. Doug Hoschek worked 45 years in the textile and garments industry, contributing at one point to the development of the insulating material Polarfleece. Hoschek's book is part history, [and] part memoir. [An evident theme is] Hoschek's disappointment with the migration of textiles and garment manufacturing from the United States. Hoschek.argues that the lack of environmental regulation provided a lure for the apparel industry, which both depends heavily on water for production and pollutes water in the process. Asia gained the bulk of the globe's apparel production, Hoschek says, but also a world of environmental damage. "My book is written to expose this pollution for what it is and how it happened, " Hoschek said. "The goal of the book (is) to bring back manufacturing of textiles to the USA to create jobs, assure clean textile products and to save the lives of hundreds of thousands.in China because of water pollution of which a substantial part comes from textile dyeing and textile fiber making of polyester." Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by author. Business card size ephemera on book laid in. Bottom edge has some soiling.