Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade

Name: Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
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ISBN: 9780470039205

ISBN-10: 0470039205

ISBN-13: 9780470039205

Edition: 2005

Authors: Pietra Rivoli

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Focusing on the example of a T-shirt manufactured in China, using cotton grown in Texas, sold in the U.S., then discarded and sold again in Africa, Pietra Rivoli charts the complicated world of international trade in manufactured goods & raw materials.

Book details

List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Preface


Prologue


King Cotton


Reinsch Cotton Farm, Smyer, Texas


The History of American Cotton


Back at the Reinsch Farm


Made in China


Cotton Comes to China


The Long Race to the Bottom


Sisters in Time


Trouble at the Border


Dogs Snarling Together


Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policy


40 Years of "Temporary" Protectionism Ends in 2005-and China Takes All


My T-Shirt Finally Encounters a Free Market


Where T-Shirts Go after the Salvation Army Bin


How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts


Conclusion


Epilogue to the Paperback Edition


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index