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

By: Rivoli, Pietra
Material type: BookPublisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2009.Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xx, 316 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9780470287163 (pbk.); 0470287160 (pbk.)Program: MIST910Subject(s): T-shirt industry | International trade | Free trade | International economic relationsDDC classification: 382/.45687115 Online resources: Location Map
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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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?

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