The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

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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...

subjects: Business,  Free trade,  International economic relations,  International trade,  Nonfiction,  T-shirt industry,  Bōeki,  Clothing trade,  Tee-shirts,  Industrie,  Commerce international,  Libre-échange,  Relations économiques internationales,  Internationale handel,  Textielindustrie