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Travels Of A T-Shirt In A Global Economy Summary

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The book Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy show the journey a T-shirt takes around the world, from the start as cotton, to the finished product on store shelves, to what happens to the shirt after the original owner does not want it anymore. The book is divided into four sections. I will discuss the first section, titled King Cotton, discussing the insights on the global economy, the role of politics in the cotton growing, the idea of free markets with the cotton, and the winner and losers in cotton growing. In the first part of the book, King Cotton, the simple item like a T-shirt provides insights into the global economy. The cotton that is grown in West Texas is shipped all around the world. Growing the cotton is the first step of making a T-shirt. This step is done wither America, or places like Africa, or India. Cotton requires very particular weather to grow and these places have …show more content…

From the begging when the cotton is being grown, the cotton is not free. When the cotton is grown it faces government intervention and regulation. One part of the regulation is the seeds that are genetically modified; they cannot be reused like any other seeds. They have to be either sold back to the company that made them, or they have to be paid for again by the farmer (Rivoli 25). On top of this regulation, the cotton still encounters markets that are not truly free. The cotton faces quotas and tariffs from import countries. Only a certain amount of cotton may be taken into each nation. These forms of government control help control the amount of cotton that is taken in a country from a certain area of the world. These types of limitations have a negative effect on the industry. It allows someone’s product to get left out of the production cycle. Some farmers’ cotton may not be bought because that there is a limit on how much cotton may be bought or used in certain

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To begin with, the cotton gin was increasing Georgia’s economy through trade, manufacturing, and transportation. For example, document B stated, “Whether it was trade, manufacturing, or transportation, much of Georgia’s economic activity was directly or indirectly driven by cotton.” Meaning Georgia’s economic growth was from one factor. In addition, document B also stated, “They buy cotton, sell cotton, think cotton, eat cotton, drink cotton, and dream cotton....” ” the great staple, sum, and substance...”

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Moreover, the there was an expensive cost of transporting products to the grain elevators and cotton brokerages. More often then not, the farmers were ‘paying’ for others to eat while they themselves lost massive amounts of profits. Farmers also had surpluses in goods due to the increases in farm land and improved techniques. Farmers believed their problem was with

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However, the South’s economy was ingrained on cotton. The economic relationship between the North and South during this time was that the South produced cotton and the North used the cotton to manufacture textiles. As the textile mills in Great Britain and the northern United States thrived, cotton was high in demand. Plantation owners depended on the slaves to pick up the cotton and

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The many issues that cotton growers faced in Rivoli's, "Travels of a T-Shirt," weren't just localized to within the grower's. They were facing global competition with other countries that also produced cotton. While the United States initially was believed to be unable to produce the amount of cotton other countries could, they would later prove to be able to do so, even going as far as producing more than their competitors. This didn't come without its own set of problems, often of which included labor constraints, the nature of how cotton grew, and the economic scale of the work done to grow the cotton. This essay focuses on some of the key problems that the growers faced when engaging in large-scale cotton production and facing global

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Imagine that you are working on a cotton plantation in the middle of Georgia. The sun is blazing hot and your hands are callused from separating cotton from cotton seeds. You are only able to clean about one pound of cotton a day. That isn't enough to satisfy the demands of textile factories in the North. If only there was a faster, more efficient way to clean cotton.

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