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100 1 _aRivoli, Pietra.
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245 1 4 _aThe travels of a T-shirt in the global economy :
_ban economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade /
_cPietra Rivoli.
250 _a2nd ed.
260 _aHoboken, N.J. :
_bJohn Wiley,
_cc2009.
300 _axx, 316 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 264-304) 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?
526 0 _aMIST910
650 0 _aT-shirt industry.
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650 0 _aInternational trade.
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650 0 _aFree trade.
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650 0 _aInternational economic relations.
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