The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy

272 pages

English language

Published March 14, 2005 by Wiley.

ISBN:: 978-0-471-64849-9

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 …

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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Ben Waber reviewed The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy by Pietra Rivoli

An Incredible, if Now Slightly Dated, Look at the Global Textile Industry

5 stars

Reading this book in 2025 is like going into a time machine. The latest version was written in 2014, and while there are a few updates the optimism about free trade's continued inevitability is jarring. What's more interesting is how prescient some of the problems that are brought up are. Regardless, the history and analysis of the global textile supply chain is still worth the price of admission, and the sections on the trade in used clothing is absolutely can't miss. Highly recommend

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