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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Po...

ISBN: 9780470287163 | 0470287160
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley
Pub. Date: 3/3/2009

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
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 ... MORE
Preface To The Second Editionp. ix
Prologuep. xvii
King Cottonp. 1
How America Has Dominated the Global Cotton Industry for 200 Yearsp. 3
The History of American Cottonp. 9
Back at the Reinsch Farmp. 24
All God's Dangers Ain't the Subsidiesp. 49
Made In Chinap. 75
Cotton Comes to Chinap. 77
The Long ... MOREp. 92
Sisters in Timep. 105
The Unwitting Conspiracyp. 120
Trouble At The Borderp. 141
Returning to Americap. 143
Dogs Snarling Togetherp. 156
Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policyp. 171
45 Years of "Temporary" Protectionism End in 2009-Now What?p. 196
My T-Shirt Finally Encounters A Free Marketp. 213
Where T-shirts Go after the Salvation Army Binp. 215
How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirtsp. 227
Mitumba: Friend or Foe to Africa?p. 239
Conclusionp. 253
Acknowledgmentsp. 262
Notesp. 264
Bibliographyp. 283
Indexp. 305
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Pietra Rivoli, PhD, is Professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business, where she specializes in international business, finance, and social issues in business. Travels of a T-Shirt has won numerous awards and has been translated into fourteen languages.



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