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001 2015414035
003 DLC
005 20151218084810.0
008 150831s2015 njua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015414035
020 $a9781118950142
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aHD9969.S6$bR58 2015
100 1 $aRivoli, Pietra.
245 14 $aThe travels of a T-shirt in the global economy :$ban economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade /$cPietra Rivoli.
250 $aSecond edition, new preface and epilogue, with updates on economic issues and main characters.
264 1 $aHoboken, New Jersey :$bWiley,$c[2015]
300 $axx, 347 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 310-334) and index.
505 0 $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? Conclusion. Epilogue: Developments 2009-2014. American cotton is still king --The rase to the bottom speeds up --The alphabet armies march on --Competition heats up in the used clothing business.
650 0 $aT-shirt industry.
650 0 $aInternational trade.
650 0 $aFree trade.
650 0 $aInternational economic relations.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015414035-b.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1603/2015414035-t.html