The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
2nd ed.
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Word Count
84,000 words, Guess
Page Count
336 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivetravelstshirtglo00rivo_183
- Internet Archivetravelsoftshirti0000rivo
- Internet Archivetravelstshirtglo00rivo
- ISBN-139780470287163
- ISBN-100470287160
and 7 more
- LibraryThing117518
- Goodreads6373962
- Library of Congress Control Number2008054905
- Library of Congress Control Number2015299103
- OCLC Control Number276647967
- Better World Books9780470287163
- Open LibraryOL23149998M
Classifications
- DDC382/.45687115
- LCCHD9969.S6 R58 2009
- LCCHD9969.S6
and 1 more
- LCCHD9969.S6R58 2009
Description
Praise for THE TRAVELS OF A T-SHIRT IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY "Engrossing . . . (Rivoli) goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner . . . full of memorable characters and vivid scenes." --Time "An engaging and illuminating saga. . . . Rivoli follows her T-shirt along its route, but that is like saying that Melville follows his whale. . . . Her nuanced and fair-minded 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. Pietra Rivoli's The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy is just such a page-turner." --CIO magazine "Succeeds admirably . . . T-shirts may not have cha...
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- The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
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