Title The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade / Pietra Rivoli.

Publication Info.	Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, [2009]
	©2009

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University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location	382.456 R626T	Check Shelf

Edition	2nd ed.
Description	xx, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 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?
Summary	Pietra Rivoli is an economics professor at Georgetown University, where the question "Who made your T-shirt?" set her on a quest. On her journey she found that globalization is just as much about history and politics as it is about economics.
Subject	T-shirt industry.
	International trade.
	Free trade.
	International economic relations.
	Free trade. (OCoLC)fst00933944
	International economic relations. (OCoLC)fst00976891
	International trade. (OCoLC)fst00977128
	T-shirt industry. (OCoLC)fst01141569
	T-Shirt. (DE-588)4302761-1
	Textilwelthandel. (DE-588)4270956-8
	Weltwirtschaft. (DE-588)4065468-0
	Internationale Arbeitsteilung.
	Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen.
	Bekleidung.
	Außenhandel.
	Globalisierung.
	Außenhandelsliberalisierung.
	Welt.
Indexed Term	Free trade
	International economic relations
	International trade
	T-shirt industry
ISBN	9780470287163 (pbk.)
	0470287160 (pbk.)

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