Sweatshops at Sea
Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present
Published on 14. March 2011
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-8078-3450-3 (ISBN)
Description
Explores both how political and economic ends are reflected in maritime labor regulations and how agents of reform - including governments, trade unions, and global standard-setting authorities - grappled with the problems of applying land-based, national principles and regulations of labor discipline and management to the sea-going labor force.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Chapel Hill
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8078-3450-3 (9780807834503)
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Leon Fink
Sweatshops at Sea
Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present
E-Book
03/2011
The University of North Carolina Press
€19.49
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