Sweatshops at sea : merchant seamen in the world's first globalized industry, from 1812 to the present /
Fink 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 disci...
Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina,
©2011.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Résumé: | Fink 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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Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780807877807 0807877808 9781469603322 1469603322 |