Sweatshops at sea : merchant seamen in the world's first globalized industry, from 1812 to the present / Leon Fink.
| Author/creator | Fink, Leon, 1948- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina, ©2011. |
| Description | 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The nation's property: nineteenth-century sailors and the political economy of the Atlantic world -- Liberty before the mast : defining free labor in law and literature -- Wave of reform : the sailor's friend and the drift toward a welfare state -- The nationalist solution : the La Follette act of 1915 and the Janus Face of progressive reform -- Workers of the sea, unite? : the internationalist legacy of the pre-world war I years -- A sea of difference: the international labor organization and the search for common standards, 1919-1946 -- Cooperation and cash : labor's opportunity in a post-deregulatory era. |
| Local note | Little-357329--305131059941+ |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-257) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010037736 |
| ISBN | 9780807834503 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0807834505 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD8039.S4 F56 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |