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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

by Pietra Rivoli

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Type:   Book; English
Publisher:Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2005.
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ISBN:0471648493 9780471648499
OCLC:56894579
Related Subjects: T-shirt industry. | International trade. | Free trade.
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Title: The travels of a t-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power and politics of world trade
Author: Pietra Rivoli
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2005.
Local Institution: University of Washington Libraries

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Pietra Rivoli

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  • Material Type: Internet resource
  • Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
  • 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.
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