2008, ISBN: 9789048530724

Seaborne trade is the backbone of the world economy. About 90 percent of world trade is transported by ships. Since World War II, shipbuilding has gone through major changes. While the gl… Meer...

Seaborne trade is the backbone of the world economy. About 90 percent of world trade is transported by ships. Since World War II, shipbuilding has gone through major changes. While the global construction volume increased enormously, British initial dominance was first undermined by Japanese competition from the 1950s, but then Japan was in turn overtaken by South Korea in the 1990s, only to be outcompeted by the People's Republic of China since the 2008 crisis. Labour processes and employment relations have changed dramatically during these shifts. In twenty-four case studies, covering all continents, this volume reconstructs the development of the world's shipbuilding and ship repairs industries, and the workers' responses to these historical transformations.... eBooks > Geschiedenis & politiek > Alle geschiedenis & politiek<

2008, ISBN: 9789048530724

Seaborne trade is the backbone of the world economy. About 90 percent of world trade is transported by ships. Since World War II, shipbuilding has gone through major changes. While the gl… Meer...

Seaborne trade is the backbone of the world economy. About 90 percent of world trade is transported by ships. Since World War II, shipbuilding has gone through major changes. While the global construction volume increased enormously, British initial dominance was first undermined by Japanese competition from the 1950s, but then Japan was in turn overtaken by South Korea in the 1990s, only to be outcompeted by the People's Republic of China since the 2008 crisis. Labour processes and employment relations have changed dramatically during these shifts. In twenty-four case studies, covering all continents, this volume reconstructs the development of the world's shipbuilding and ship repairs industries, and the workers' responses to these historical transformations.... eBooks > Geschiedenis & politiek > Alle geschiedenis & politiek<

2010, ISBN: 9789048530724

Case Studies 1950-2010 Amsterdam University Press Sociology DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Social Sciences, Amsterdam University Press

2017, ISBN: 9789048530724

Case Studies 1950-2010, [ED: 1], Auflage, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Amsterdam University Press]

2017, ISBN: 9789048530724

Case Studies 1950-2010, [ED: 1], Auflage, eBook Download (PDF), eBooks, [PU: Amsterdam University Press]