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Ninety percent of everything : inside shipping, the invisible industry that puts clothes on your back, gas in your car, and food on your plate  Cover Image Book Book

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.

George, Rose, 1969- (author.).

Summary:

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.
Subject: Shipping > History.
Freight and freightage > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Castlegar Campus Library HE 571 G465 2014 (Text) B001683846 General Volume hold Available -

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