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RECORD NUMBER: 74 OF 135| Main Title | Ninety percent of everything : inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate / | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Author | George, Rose, | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Metropolitan Books/ Henry Holt and Co., | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 811597783 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ISBN | 9780805092639; 0805092633 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Shipping--History ; Freight and freightage--History ; Schiffsfrachtverkehr ; Freight--History | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-266) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Embarkation -- Aboard -- Harbor -- Open sea -- Sea and Suez -- High-risk area -- No-man's-land -- Sanctuary -- Animals beneath -- Rescue -- Disembark. 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. |