The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry: Struggle and Stigma
The descriptive data in this book, first published in 1989, were obtained from participant observation and interviews with merchant seaman current and retired. In addition there is reprinted a complete set of the laws relating to American seaman between 1918-1970. Together they provide a comprehensive understanding of the historical events surrounding the American merchant seaman, the creation of maritime policy, and the policy itself.

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The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry: Struggle and Stigma
The descriptive data in this book, first published in 1989, were obtained from participant observation and interviews with merchant seaman current and retired. In addition there is reprinted a complete set of the laws relating to American seaman between 1918-1970. Together they provide a comprehensive understanding of the historical events surrounding the American merchant seaman, the creation of maritime policy, and the policy itself.

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The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry: Struggle and Stigma

The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry: Struggle and Stigma

by Craig J. Forsyth
The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry: Struggle and Stigma

The American Merchant Seaman and His Industry: Struggle and Stigma

by Craig J. Forsyth

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The descriptive data in this book, first published in 1989, were obtained from participant observation and interviews with merchant seaman current and retired. In addition there is reprinted a complete set of the laws relating to American seaman between 1918-1970. Together they provide a comprehensive understanding of the historical events surrounding the American merchant seaman, the creation of maritime policy, and the policy itself.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415792448
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 11/13/2018
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Transport Economics
Pages: 134
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

1. An Historical View of US Maritime Policy 2. Conflict within the Industry 3. The Marginal Lifestyle of the Seaman 4. The Stigmatized Occupation 5. Sea Daddy: A Look at a Vanishing Breed 6. The Changing Marine Engineer 7. Epilogue: The Swan Song of the American Seaman

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