Sweatshops at Sea: Merchant Seamen in the World's First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the PresentAs the main artery of international commerce, merchant shipping was the world's first globalized industry, often serving as a vanguard for issues touching on labor recruiting, the employment relationship, and regulatory enforcement that crossed national b |
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