The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade /
Rivoli, Pietra
The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade / Pietra Rivoli - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009 - xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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?
9780470287163 (pbk.) 0470287160 (pbk.)
T-shirt industry
International trade
Free trade
International economic relations
The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade / Pietra Rivoli - 2nd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009 - xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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?
9780470287163 (pbk.) 0470287160 (pbk.)
T-shirt industry
International trade
Free trade
International economic relations