The 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]
How America has dominated the global cotton industry for 200 yearsThe 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 Ameri...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Hoboken, NJ
Wiley
2015
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| Ausgabe: | 2. ed., [updated] |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | How America has dominated the global cotton industry for 200 yearsThe 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. 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? 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Literaturverz. S. 310 - 334 |
| Beschreibung: | XX, 347 S Ill., graph. Darst |
| ISBN: | 9781118950142 978-1-118-95014-2 |