01712nam a2200289 a 4500 vtls000039547 KUKTEM 20251117150136.0 090706t2009 njua f b 001 0 eng d 9780470287163 (pbk.) 0470287160 (pbk.) 201107132327 VLOAD 201006171037 fauzi 200908141643 VLOAD 200908141619 VLOAD 200907061551 saini UMP HD9969.S6 R58 2009 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? T-shirt industry International trade Free trade International economic relations 0 0 0 0 10000 10000 2019-09-04 51.28 0 HD9969.S6 R58 2009 0000047542 2019-09-04 00:00:00 1 51.28 2019-09-04 OPEN VIRTUA40 52291 52297 VTLSSORT0080*0200*0201*0400*0900*1000*2450*2500*2600*3000*5040*5050*6500*6501*6502*6503*9991