Sweatshops at Sea : Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fink, Leon, 1948-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, 2011.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Merchant mariners.
Merchant marine.
HISTORY > United States > General.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Marine marchande > Histoire.
Marins (Marine marchande) > Histoire.
Merchant marine > History.
Merchant mariners > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603322

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