The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780471724193
Description: 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.