The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

Pietra Rivoli

260 pages, parution le 25/07/2006

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Résumé

The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy takes the reader on a fascinating, around-the-world journey to reveal the economic and political lessons from the life story of a simple t-shirt. Over five years, business professor Pietra Rivoli traveled from a Texas cotton field to a Chinese factory to a used clothing market in Africa, to investigate compelling questions about the politics, economics, ethics, and history of modern business and globalization. Using the story of the t-shirt to illustrate the major issues of the globalization debate, this uniquely entertaining business book offers a surprising, enlightening, and balanced look at one of the major topics of our time.

Prize or Award

Business Book of the Year 2005, Finalist
AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006

L'auteur - Pietra Rivoli

Professeur associée à l'université Georgetown, à Washington, DC, Pietra Rivoli est spécialisée dans le commerce international, la finance et les questions sociales dans le monde des affaires.

Sommaire

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
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

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Wiley
Auteur(s)	Pietra Rivoli
Parution	25/07/2006
Nb. de pages	260
Format	15,5 x 23
Couverture	Broché
Poids	350g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780470039205
ISBN13	978-0-470-03920-5