| TITLE: |
The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade / Pietra Rivoli. |
| AUTHOR: |
Rivoli, Pietra. |
| PUBLISHED: |
Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2015]. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xx, 347 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| EDITION: |
Second edition, new preface and epilogue, with updates on economic issues and m |
| NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-334) and index. |
| NOTES: |
How America has dominated the global cotton industry for 200 years -- 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 -- |
| NOTES: |
Dogs snarling together -- Perverse effects and unintended consequences of T-shirt trade policy -- 45 years of "temporary" protectionism end in 2009--now what? -- |
| NOTES: |
Where T-shirts go after the Salvation Army bin -- How small entrepreneurs clothe East Africa with old American T-shirts --Mitumba |
| NOTES: |
friend or foe to Africa? Conclusion. Epilogue: Developments 2009 -2014. American cotton is still king --The rase to the bottom speeds up --The alphabet armies march on --Competition heats up in the used clothing business. |
| SUBJECT: |
T-shirt industry. |
| SUBJECT: |
International trade.--Free trade.--International economic relations. |
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