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.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 1250058295 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781250058294 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 287 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First Picador edition
- Publisher: New York : Picador, 2014.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Embarkation -- 2. Aboard -- 3. Harbor -- 4. Open Sea -- 5. Sea and Suez -- 6. High-Risk Area -- 7. No-Man's-Land -- 8. Sanctuary -- 9. Animals Beneath -- 10. Rescue -- 11. Disembark. |
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Subject: | Shipping > History. Freight and freightage > History. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | HE 571 G465 2014 (Text) | B001683846 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |