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Zusatztext "An excellent and entertaining book." Informationen zum Autor Bill Sharpsteen is a writer and photographer based in Los Angeles. He is the author of Dirty Water: One Man's Fight to Clean Up One of the World's Most Polluted Bays (UC Press)! and his articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine! Los Angeles Magazine! and The Washington Post. He is also an award-winning documentary producer. Klappentext " The Docks delivers a raw and poignant behind-the-scenes view of our port through the eyes of workers! shippers! executives and sideline critics. Sharpsteen pieces together an unvarnished mosaic that reveals the enormity of the operations and its workforce! amidst a perennial maelstrom of debates and competing interests."-Geraldine Knatz! Executive Director! Port of Los Angeles "An engaging page turner. Sharpsteen captures the feeling and interconnectedness of the Los Angeles Waterfront! the noise! the excitement! the joys! the tensions! the complexities and conflicts. I found it difficult to put down."-David Wellman! author of Whitewashing Race "Sharpsteen has almost a novelist's talent for using human interest profiles to engage an audience and present a non-fiction narrative. Here is working knowledge not only of how the Port of Los Angeles functions! but of its crucial importance to the region! nation! and world economy! and what its loss would mean."-Gray Brechin! author of Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power! Earthly Ruin Zusammenfassung Takes us on a journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. This title tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation's one of the vital economic enterprises. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Valet Parking 2. A Carpet of Containers 3. Moving Cans 4. The Landlord 5. The Diesel Death Zone 6. The Union 7. The Employers 8. The Importer 9. The Shipper 10. Los Troqueros 11. The Hold Men 12. The Women 13. The Clerk 14. Security 15. The New Normal 16. Hawse Piper References Index ...
