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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 / Pietra Rivoli.
Author Rivoli, Pietra.
Publication Info. Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Third Floor  382.4568 RIV    Check Shelves
Edition 2nd ed.
Description xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-304) and index.
Contents 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 -- Dogs snarling together -- Perverse effects and unintended consequences of T-shirt trade policy -- 45 years of "temporary" protectionism end in 2009--now what? -- Where T-shirts go after the Salvation Army bin -- How small entrepreneurs clothe East Africa with old American T-shirts -- Mitumba : friend or foe to Africa?
Subject T-shirt industry.
International trade.
Free trade.
International economic relations.
Internationale Arbeitsteilung
Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen
Bekleidung
Außenhandel
Globalisierung
Außenhandelsliberalisierung
Welt
ISBN 9780470287163 (pbk.) : $18.95
0470287160 (pbk.)
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