Ninety percent of everything : inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate / Rose George.
By: George, Rose
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TextPublisher: New York : Metropolitan Books, 2013Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-269) and index.Description: 287 p. ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780805092639 (hardcover); 0805092633 (hardcover).Subject(s): Shipping -- History | Freight and freightage -- HistoryDDC classification: 388/.044 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 388.044 G293 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003483674 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-269) and index.
At sea -- Rotterdam-Le Havre -- A ditch in a desert -- Normal people with guns -- Veiled faces in water -- The merchant navy comforts service -- The bride in the boat -- Calves can swim -- So remorseless a havoc -- Ashore.
Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators, and pirates.
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