The travels of a T-shirt in the global economy : an economist examines the markets, power, and politics of world trade

Preface to the Second Edition. Prologue. PART I: KING COTTON. Chapter 1: How America Has Dominated the Global Cotton Industry for 200 Years. Chapter 2: The History of American Cotton. Chapter 3: Back at the Reinsch Farm. Chapter 4: All God's Dangers Ain't the Subsidies. PART II: MADE IN CHINA. Chapter 5: Cotton Comes to China. Chapter 6: The Long Race to the Bottom. Chapter 7: Sisters in Time. Chapter 8: The Unwitting Conspiracy. PART III: TROUBLE AT THE BORDER. Chapter 9: Returning to America. Chapter 10: Dogs Snarling Together. Chapter 11: Perverse Effects and Unintended Consequences of T-Shirt Trade Policy. Chapter 12: 45 Clears of "Temporary" Protectionism Ends in 2009-Now What? PART IV: MY T-SHIRT FINALLY ENCOUNTERS A FREE MARKET. Chapter 13: Where T-shirts Go after the Salvation Army Bin. Chapter 14: How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe east Africa with Old American T-Shirts. Chapter 15: Mitumba: Friend or Foe to Africa? Conclusion. Acknowledgments. Notes. Bibliography. Index.