The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global... by Rivoli, Pietra Paperback / softback

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ISBN
1118950143
EAN
9781118950142
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Paperback / softback
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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist E...
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Rivoli, Pietra
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Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
1118950143
ISBN-13
9781118950142
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201626636

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy : An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade. New Preface and Epilogue with Updates on Economic Issues and Main Characters
Number of Pages
368 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
International / Economics, Political Economy, International Relations / Trade & Tariffs, Fashion & Accessories, General, Economics / General
Features
Revised
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Design, Political Science, Business & Economics
Author
Pietra Rivoli
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
8.8 in
Item Width
5.9 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-414035
TitleLeading
The
Table Of Content
Preface ix Prologue xvii Part I King Cotton 1 1 How America Has Dominated the Global Cotton Industry for 200 Years 3 2 The History of American Cotton 9 3 Back at the Reinsch Farm 24 4 All God's Dangers Ain't the Subsidies 49 Part II Made in China 75 5 Cotton Comes to China 77 6 The Long Race to the Bottom 92 7 Sisters in Time 105 8 The Unwitting Conspiracy 120 Part III Trouble at the Border 141 9 Returning to America 143 10 Dogs Snarling Together 156 11 Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policy 171 12 45 Years of ''Temporary'' Protectionism End in 2009--Now What? 196 Part IV My T-shirt Finally Encounters a Free Market 213 13 Where T-Shirts Go after the Salvation Army Bin 215 14 How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts 227 15 Mitumba: Friend or Foe to Africa? 239 Conclusion 253 Epilogue: Developments 2009-2014 262 I: American Cotton Is Still King 262 II: The Race to the Bottom Speeds Up 270 III: The Alphabet Armies March On 277 IV: Competition Heats Up in the Used Clothing Business 282 Acknowledgments 286 Notes 288 Bibliography 310 Index 335
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business. Tracing a T-shirt's life story from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory and back to a U.S. storefront before arriving at the used clothing market in Africa, the book uncovers the political and economic forces at work in the global economy. Along the way, this fascinating exploration addresses a wealth of compelling questions about politics, trade, economics, ethics, and the impact of history on today's business landscape. This new printing of the second edition includes a revised preface and a new epilogue with updates through 2014 on the people, industries, and policies related to the T-shirt's life story. Using a simple, everyday T-shirt as a lens through which to explore the business, economic, moral, and political complexities of globalization in a historical context, Travels encapsulates a number of complex issues into a single identifiable object that will strike a chord with readers as they: Investigate the sources of sustained competitive advantage in different industries Examine the global economic and political forces that explain trade patters between countries Analyze complex moral issues related to globalization and international business Discover the importance of cultural and human elements in international trade This story of a simple product illuminates the many complex issues which businesspeople, policymakers, and global citizens are touched by every day., The keys to global business success, as taught by a T-shirt's journey The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is a critically-acclaimed narrative that illuminates the globalization debates and reveals the key factors to success in global business., PRAISE FOR THE TRAVELS OF A TSHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY "Engrossing [Rivoli] goes wherever the Tshirt goes and there are surprises around every corner....full of memorable characters and vivid scenes." Time "An engaging and illuminating saga Rivoli follows her Tshirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale Her nuanced and fairminded approach is all the more powerful for eschewing the pretense of ideological absolutism, and her telescopic look through a single industry has all the makings of an economics classic." The New York Times "Rarely is a business book so well written that one would gladly stay up all night to finish it. Rivoli's The Travels of a TShirt in the Global Economy is just such a pageturner." CIO magazine "Succeeds admirably Tshirts may not have changed the world, but their story is a useful account of how free trade and protectionism certainly have." Financial Times "A readable and evenhanded treatment of the complexities of world trade As Rivoli repeatedly makes clear, there is absolutely nothing free about free trade except the slogan." San Francisco Chronicle "A fascinating exploration of the history, economics, and politics of world trade The Travels of a TShirt in the Global Economy is a thoughtprovoking yarn that exhibits the ugly, the bad, and the good of globalization, and points to the unintended positive consequences of the clash between proponents and opponents of free trade." Fort Worth StarTelegram This second edition includes a revised preface and new epilogue with updates through 2014 on the people, industries, and policies related to the tshirt's life story.
LC Classification Number
HD9969.S6R58 2014

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