01409nam a2200241 a 4500001001400000003000700014005001700021008004100038020002500079020002200104040000800126100001900134245014100153250001200294260004000306300003300346504006300379505062800442650002101070650002401091650001501115650003701130vtls000039547KUKTEM20251117150136.0090706t2009    njua   f b    001 0 eng d  a9780470287163 (pbk.)  a0470287160 (pbk.)  aUMP1 aRivoli, Pietra14aThe travels of a T-shirt in the global economy :ban economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade /cPietra Rivoli  a2nd ed.  aHoboken, N.J. :bJohn Wiley,cc2009  axx, 316 p. :bill. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 264-304) and index0 aHow 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? 0aT-shirt industry 0aInternational trade 0aFree trade 0aInternational economic relations