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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Cover of: Anata no t-shatsu wa doko kara kita no ka?
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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
2005, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Library of Congress
HD9969.S6 R58 2005, HD9969.S6R58 2005

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7619621M
Internet Archive
travelsoftshirti00rivo
ISBN 10
0471648493
ISBN 13
9780471648499
LCCN
2004025910
OCLC/WorldCat
56894579
Library Thing
117518
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956835

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