The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade

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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade

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Praise for THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY "Engrossing . . . (Rivoli) goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner . . . full of memorable characters and vivid scenes." --Time "An engaging and illuminating saga. . . . Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale. . . . Her nuanced and fair-minded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic." --The New York Times "Rarely is a business book so well written that one would gladly stay up all night to finish it. Pietra Rivoli's The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is just such a page-turner." --CIO magazine "Succeeds admirably . . . T-shirts may not have cha...

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Wiley, John Wiley
Language
English
Pages
336

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2005, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Table of Contents

Reinsch cotton farm, Smyer, Texas
The history of American cotton
Back at the Reinsch farm
All God's dangers ain't the subsidies
Cotton comes to China
The long race to the bottom
Sisters in time
The unwitting conspiracy
Returning to America
Dogs snarling together
Perverse effects and unintended consequences of t-shirt trade policy
45 clears of "temporary" protectionism ends in 2005, now what?
Where t-shirts go after the Salvation Army bin
How small entrepreneurs clothe east Africa with old American t-shirts.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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Dewey Decimal Class
382/.45687115
Library of Congress
HD9969.S6 R58 2009, HD9969.S6, HD9969.S6R58 2009

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
336
Dimensions
9 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23149998M
Internet Archive
travelstshirtglo00rivo
ISBN 13
9780470287163
LCCN
2008054905, 2015299103
OCLC/WorldCat
276647967
Library Thing
117518
Goodreads
6373962

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