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New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, vol. 18 : Media.

In Sweatshops at Sea, historian Leon Fink examines the evolution of laws and labor relations governing ordinary seamen over the past two centuries. The merchant marine offers an ideal setting for examining the changing regulatory regimes applied to workers by the United States, Great Britain, and, u...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Graham, Allison
Otros Autores: Monteith, Sharon, Wilson, Charles Reagan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Sweatshops at Sea, historian Leon Fink examines the evolution of laws and labor relations governing ordinary seamen over the past two centuries. The merchant marine offers an ideal setting for examining the changing regulatory regimes applied to workers by the United States, Great Britain, and, ultimately, an organized world community. 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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (462 pages)
ISBN:9780807869130
0807869139