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050	0	0	_aHD9969.S6 _bR58 2015
100	1		_aRivoli, Pietra.
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			_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.
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