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Overview"The Docks is an eye-opening journey into a giant madhouse of activity that few outsiders ever see: the Port of Los Angeles. In a book woven throughout with riveting novelist detail and illustrated with photographs that capture the frenetic energy of the place, Bill Sharpsteen tells the story of the people who have made this port, the largest in the country, one of the nation's most vital economic enterprises. Among others, we meet a pilot who parks ships, one of the first women longshoremen, union officials and employers at odds over almost everything, an environmental activist fighting air pollution in the ""diesel death zone,"" and those with the nearly impossible job of enforcing security. Together these stories paint a compelling picture of a critical entryway for goods coming into the country-the Port of Los Angeles is part of a complex that brings in 40% of all our waterborne cargo and 70% of all Asian imports-yet one that is also extremely vulnerable. The Docks is a rare look at a world within our world in which we find a microcosm of the labor, environmental, and security issues we collectively face." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bill SharpsteenPublisher: University of California Press Imprint: University of California Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9780520271357ISBN 10: 0520271351 Pages: 328 Publication Date: 05 January 2011 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Introduction 1. Valet Parking 2. A Carpet of Containers 3. Moving Cans 4. The Landlord 5. The Diesel Death Zone 6. The Union 7. The Employers 8. The Importer 9. The Shipper 10. Los Troqueros 11. The Hold Men 12. The Women 13. The Clerk 14. Security 15. The New Normal 16. Hawse Piper References IndexReviewsWildly enlightening ... Skillfully teases out the port's role within the global economy and how every American depends upon the people who make it work. --Zyzzyva Provides an engrossing tour of the place where your easy chair, your children's toys and the shirt on your back most likely came ashore. --Wall Street Journal A fine-grained view of how the world's trade is kept flowing. --Onearth Beautifully illuminating. --Santa Barbara News-Press Wildly enlightening ... Skillfully teases out the port's role within the global economy and how every American depends upon the people who make it work. --Zyzzyva Provides an engrossing tour of the place where your easy chair, your children's toys and the shirt on your back most likely came ashore. --Wall Street Journal A fine-grained view of how the world's trade is kept flowing. --Onearth Beautifully illuminating. --Santa Barbara News-Press An excellent and entertaining book. --Bookloons Reviews Author InformationBill Sharpsteen is a writer and photographer based in Los Angeles. He is the author of Dirty Water: One Man's Fight to Clean Up One of the World's Most Polluted Bays (UC Press), and his articles have appeared in the Los Angeles Times Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and The Washington Post. He is also an award-winning documentary producer. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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