The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade / Pietra Rivoli.
Material type: TextPublication details: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780470287163 (pbk.)
- 0470287160 (pbk.)
- 382/.456 RIV 22
- HD9969.S6 R58 2009
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Books | CamTech Library | General Collections | 382/.456 RIV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Available | CamTech 000963 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-304) and index.
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?
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