Read and answer the question below : The Book Is Flip Flop By C. Knowles

1) What can you tell me about the Mercato, other than it is a place where flip-flops finally end up for sale (p. 137)?

2) Who is Des and what are some reasons he has moved from being a leather footwear maker to an EVA-material footwear maker (pgs. 141- 142)?

3) What is the importance of the ‘Made in Ethiopia’ tag (p. 141, p. 143, and p. 145)?

4) Who is Addisu, how has he maintained connections to his ancestral village, and what are some constraints he has on his flip-flop business (pgs. 147 – 150)?

5) What are some challenges of urban planning (determining what social activity will happen where) in Addis that are not as challenging in the US (pgs. 152 – 153)?

6) What country invaded Ethiopia and caused one of the earliest reasons the League of Nations broke up (p. 158)? What were some of the footwear changes Zema went through from the invasion of Ethiopia to the printing of this book (pgs. 158 – 159)?

7) Other than protecting feet while walking what are some other roles of footwear in Ethiopia? Do these roles for footwear exist in the USA (p. 160)?

8) More and more sociologists, historians, and anthropologists are paying attention the parts of cities that serve the role mentioned on p. 173. What is Koshe? Is it easy to access (p. 174)? What is the name of the famous book that discusses what is held in Koshe (p. 175)?

9) Who are the ‘scratchers’ and what are some conditions that make their work difficult (pgs. 177 – 184)?

10) When Dr. Knowles says globalization is “all local,” what does she mean (p. 193)?

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