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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...

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Auteur principal: Fink, Leon, 1948-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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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.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469603322