Environment, labour and capitalism at sea
'Working the ground' in Scotland
Penny McCall Howard. Series edited by Alexander Smith
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Author Biography
Penny McCall Howard is National Research Officer for the Maritime Union of Australia. Alexander Smith is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield.
Manchester University Press
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date February 2017
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781784994143 / 1784994146
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 75 GBP
- Pages288
- ReadershipCollege/Tertiary Education
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 x 156 mm
- Illustration44 black & white illustrations, 5 graphs
- Biblio NotesIntroduction Part I: A metabolism of labour and environment 1. 'Working the ground' 2. From Wullie's Peak to the Burma: naming places at sea Part II: Techniques and technologies 3. Techniques to extend the body and its senses 4. From 'where am I?' to 'where is that?' Rethinking navigation Part III: Capitalism and class 5. 'You just can't get a price': the difference political economy makes 6. Capitalism, subjectivity and violence in ecological systems Conclusion: labour, class and anthropology Index
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