The Docks
Author:   Bill Sharpsteen
Publisher:   University of California Press
ISBN:  

9780520271357


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   05 January 2011
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Bill Sharpsteen
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780520271357


ISBN 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   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List 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 Index

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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


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 Information

Bill 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.

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