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1 online resource (x, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
""Contents ""; ""Tables and Figures ""; ""List of Tables ""; ""List of Figures ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""1. 'Us Poor Seamen' ""; ""Changing Conditions ""; ""Structure of the Book ""; ""Those Involved ""; ""The Database ""; ""The Case Study ""; ""2. International Shipping ""; ""The Globalising Processes in Shipping ""; ""The New Economic Environment ""; ""Cutting Crew Costs ""; ""The Structure of World Shipping ""; ""The Shipowners ""; ""The Institutions of Shipping ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""3. Seafarers and Employment ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Recruitment ""; ""Training of Seafarers "" |
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""Nationality and Cultural Diversity """"The Divided Ship ""; ""Good and Bad Ships and Shipowners ""; ""Wages ""; ""Victualling/Nutrition""; ""Hazards of Seafaring ""; ""The Family ""; ""Conclusions ""; ""4. Failures, Frauds and Abuses ""; ""Causes of Company Collapse ""; ""Tidal Marine""; ""Colocotronis ""; ""Saleninvest ""; ""Sanko ""; ""Regency Cruises""; ""The Baltic Shipping Company ""; ""Unimar Maritime Services ""; ""Dragonix""; ""Consequences to Seafarers from Company Collapse and Neglect ""; ""The Diversity of Complaints ""; ""Abandonment""; ""Repatriation Refusals"" |
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""Cheating on Wages and Intimidation """"Sexual Harassment ""; ""Political Pressure ""; ""Refusal of Medical Treatment ""; ""Victimisation ""; ""Poor Food ""; ""Unfair Dismissal ""; ""Unfair and Dishonoured Contracts ""; ""Employment Agency Illegal Practices ""; ""Unseaworthy Ships ""; ""Survey by MORI for the ITF (1996) ""; ""5. Adriatic Tankers I: A Short History of the Company ""; ""Greek Shipowners and Shipping ""; ""The Origins of Adriatic Tankers ""; ""The Growth and Characteristics of the Fleet ""; ""Quality of the Fleet ""; ""The Seafarers ""; ""The Fall "" |
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""6. Adriatic Tankers II: Management and Finance """"Ownership ""; ""Flagging Policies ""; ""Management Structure and Style ""; ""Commercial Management ""; ""Financial Opportunities ""; ""Sources of Finance for Adriatic Tankers ""; ""The Effect of Zissimatos' Personality on the Loans ""; ""Asset-based Lending on Adriatic's Ships ""; ""Financial Problems Leading to the Collapse ""; ""Re- financing and Re- entry ""; ""Reactions on the Market ""; ""7. Adriatic Tankers III: The Tale of Two Ships ""; ""Introduction ""; ""The Lourdas""; ""Adriatic Tankers Takes Over ""; ""Appeals for Help"" |
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""Isolated On Board """"Abandonment Ashore""; ""The Fate of the New Crew of the Lourdas ""; ""The end of the Lourdas""; ""The Kyoto I""; ""A New Crew ""; ""Legal Action ""; ""A Time of Desperation ""; ""Repatriation by the ITF""; ""Escape of the Ship""; ""8. Seafarers and Their Families and Allies ""; ""The Seafarers' Allies ""; ""International Transport Workers Federation ""; ""Wider Functions of the ITF ""; ""Relations with Adriatic Tanker Company ""; ""Help from the Christian Missions ""; ""Actions by the Seafarers ""; ""9. The Legal Rights of the Abused and Abandoned Seafarer "" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Merchant mariners -- Civil rights.
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Merchant mariners. |
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Civil rights. |
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Seafaring life.
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Seafaring life. |
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Merchant marine.
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Merchant marine. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Couper, Alastair D. (Alastair Dougal), 1931- Voyages of abuse. London : Pluto, 1999 0745315453 (OCoLC)41157879 |
| ISBN |
9781849640565 (electronic book) |
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1849640564 (electronic book) |
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0745315453 |
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9780745315454 |
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0745315402 (paperback) |
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9780745315409 (paperback) |
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