The World Trade Organization Agreement on Textiles and Clothing led to the termination of quantitative restrictions at the end of 2004. Under the agreement, countries will no longer be able to protect their own industries by means of restrictions on imports of textile and clothing products. Where will jobs be lost and new markets found, and how can governments help their own textile and clothing industries adjust to this new trade regime?

Product Description: Textiles and fashion share a close and complicated relationship. They have, however, traditionally been considered separately. This is surprising given that fashion is dependent, and to some extent shaped by the type of raw materials (textiles) that are available...read more

Woven, printed, embroidered, knitted -- textiles are pivotal to the everyday experience of people in all parts of the world. This wide-ranging and informative book conveys the excitement and new challenges textiles represent and is essential reading for anyone working with, studying or simply interested in textiles.Taking as their starting point the very meaning of textiles, Gale and Kaur go on to demonstrate the astonishing range of opportunities for careers in the field, from the creative (artists, craftspeople and designers) to the social and industrial, to the commercial and associated practices (buyers, journalists, researchers and scientists). The Textile Book takes us behind the scenes with professionals to reveal what various jobs involve, what influences decision makers, and how their decisions affect what we buy next season. What happens to clothes before they reach the shops? What determines the 'must have' item? How can recycled bottles be transformed into silk-like yarns? These and many other questions are explored to show the diversity that makes up the contemporary global textile scene. (view table of contents)

Product Description: Written in the context of contemporary theoretical debate in international political economy, this book overturns a number of myths about the political economy of trade in one of the oldest areas of industry. In this way the author systematically links the changing characteristics of the trade regime to structural change and adjustment in global industry...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: One of the most widely-adopted sources for current and authoritative information for international textile and apparel economics. As the softgoods industry (textiles, apparel, and retailing) approaches the millennium, globalization is dramatically changing the way business is conducted; this valuable book prepares the reader to understand and to deal with those changes...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Thoroughly illustrated with maps, charts, and photographs, this anecdotal history of the U.S. Navy examines the impact of innovation and technology on the service as it chronicles the Navy's colorful and sometimes controversial past

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Collecting baskets and basketry items has become very popular. Wheter it's an Indian basket made of pine needles or a babmboo Oriental basket, this price guide includes information and prices for nearly every type of basket

Product Description: This thorough and excellent book tells you all you need to know about the selection, use and care of fabrics. It has been updated more than once to cover newer fabrics. It is a definitive reference guide. The index alone is 18 pages, it is so detailed...read more

Surveys the properties of man-made and natural fibers, the manufacture of yarns and fabrics, and fabric finishes, surface designs, coloring, performance, and labeling

Product Description: The main thesis of this study is that the world economy is undergoing a profound structural change that is forcing companies to reorganize their production on a global scale. This is being brought about both through the relocation of production to new industrial sites, increasingly in the developing countries, and through the accelerated rationalisation measures at the traditional sites of industrial manufacture...read more

Traces the process by which fluffy, raw cotton from the field is picked and cleaned, pulled and twisted into fine thread, spun into yarn, dyed in vats of bright colors, and woven into cloth

A concise reference text on the history, terms, processes, and products of the textile industry

Discusses the history and technology of the textile industry, including the origin and treatment of different kinds of fibers, methods of weaving, the manufacture of synthetics, and the dyeing process.