Daniel E. Bender received his Ph.D. in 2001 from NYU. He is the Canada Research Chair in Cultural History and Analysis at the University of Toronto. He is the author of SWEATSHOP USA: THE AMERICAN SWEATSHOP IN GLOBAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, SWEATED WORK, WEAK BODIES: ANTI-SWEATSHOP CAMPAIGNS AND LANGUAGES OF LABOR, and AMERICAN ABYSS: SAVAGERY AND CIVILIZATION IN AN AGE OF INDUSTRY.