Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers Around the World - Case Studies 1950-2010

Maritime trade is the backbone of the world's economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. Early British dominance, for example, was later undermined in the 1950s by competition from the Japanese, who have since been overtaken by South Korea and, most recently, China. The case studies in this volume trace these and other important developments in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries, as well as workers' responses to these historic transformations.

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• Authors: Marcel Van Der Murphy Linden, Raquel Murphy Varela
• Assisted by: Marcel Van Der Linden (Editor), Hugh Murphy (Editor), Marcel van der Linden (Editor), Raquel Varela (Editor), Raquel Cardeira Varela (Editor)
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9789462981157
• ISBN: 978-94-62-98115-7
• No. of pages: 748
• Series: Work Around the Globe: Histori; Work Around the Globe: Histori; Work Around the Globe: Historical Comparisons; Amsterdam University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), 2000 bis 2009 n. Chr., Schiffbau und Schifffahrtswesen