02503nam 2200625 a 450 991096077170332120240514001352.0979-88-908845-2-71-4696-0332-20-8078-7780-8(CKB)2670000000077362(EBL)673637(OCoLC)707925220(SSID)ssj0000473616(PQKBManifestationID)11351274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000473616(PQKBWorkID)10449465(PQKB)10596125(StDuBDS)EDZ0000865212(MdBmJHUP)muse23378(Au-PeEL)EBL673637(CaPaEBR)ebr10460901(Perlego)539701(MiAaPQ)EBC673637(EXLCZ)99267000000007736220100902d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSweatshops at sea merchant seamen in the world's first globalized industry, from 1812 to the present /Leon Fink1st ed.Chapel Hill [N.C.] University of North Carolina20111 online resource (289 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1369-7 0-8078-3450-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Mastered and commanded -- pt. 2. Strategies of reform -- pt. 3. A world fit for seafarers?.As the main artery of international commerce, merchant shipping was the world's first globalized industry, often serving as a vanguard for issues touching on labor recruiting, the employment relationship, and regulatory enforcement that crossed national borders. 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 organizeMerchant marinersHistoryMerchant marineHistoryMerchant marinersHistory.Merchant marineHistory.387.5387.5Fink Leon1948-532588MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910960771703321Sweatshops at sea4406174UNINA