Travels of a T Shirt in the Global Economy

I am using this book in my World Economy class this summer. NPR has an outstanding resource site - below is the a sense of the information from Part 1 of the book.

After 200 Years, U.S. Remains King of Cotton

April 26, 2005 · Much of the world's cotton comes from Texas, even though it's not a particularly great place to grow the crop. Big subsidies and heavy technology and R&D spending have helped the United States dominate the global cotton trade for two centuries.