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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Pietra Rivoli |
| ISBN: | 0471648493 9780471648499 |
| OCLC Number: | 56894579 |
| Description: | xvii, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | pt. 1. King cotton -- 1. Reinsch cotton farm, Smyer, Texas -- 2. The history of American cotton -- 3. Back at the Reinsch farm -- pt. II. Made in China -- 4. Cotton comes to China -- 5. The long race to the bottom -- 6. Sisters in time -- pt. III. Trouble at the border -- 7. Dogs snarling together -- 8. Perverse effects and unintended consequences of T-shirt trade policy -- 9. 40 years of "temporary" protectionism ends in 2005--and China takes all -- pt. IV. My T-shirt finally encounters a free market -- 10. Where T-shirts go after the Salvation Army bin -- 10. How small entrepreneurs clothe East Africa with old American T-shirts. |
| Responsibility: | Pietra Rivoli. |
| More information: | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information | Publisher description |
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