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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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. It has won the prize or award - Business Book of the Year 2005, Finalist; AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006.
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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy, Pietra Rivoli
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- Publicado en
- 2006
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- Subtítulo
- An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Pietra Rivoli
- Editorial
- John Wiley & Sons
- Publicado en
- 2006
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 258
- ISBN10
- 0470039205
- ISBN13
- 9780470039205
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- No ficción, Tema histórico, Comercio, Negocios & Gestión, Política, Economía, Escuela, Temática de moda, Globalización, Relaciones económicas internacionales
- Calificación
- 3,7 de 5
- Descripción
- 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. It has won the prize or award - Business Book of the Year 2005, Finalist; AAP Awards for Excellence in Professional and Scholarly Publishing, 2006.