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Getting the goods : ports, labor, and the logistics revolution

Title: Getting the goods : ports, labor, and the logistics revolution / Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson.
Author: Bonacich, Edna.
Publication: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors

Wilson, Jake B.

Description

xxii, 273 p.; 24 cm.

Subject

Container terminals > California > Los Angeles
Container terminals > California > Long Beach
Cargo handling
Transport workers > California > Los Angeles
Transport workers > California > Long Beach
Shipping > California > Los Angeles
Shipping > California > Long Beach
Business logistics > California > Los Angeles
Business logistics > California > Long Beach

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.

Contents

The logistics revolution -- Importers -- Containerization, intermodalism, and the rise of Los Angeles and Long Beach -- Steamship lines -- Landside transportation -- Warehouses and distribution centers -- Maritime workers -- Landside workers -- Warehouse and distribution center workers -- Conclusion : winners and losers.

Call Number

JFE 08-2369

ISBN

9780801445729 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801445728 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801474255 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801474256 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007028874

OCLC

154706641

Author

Bonacich, Edna.

Title

Getting the goods : ports, labor, and the logistics revolution / Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson.

Imprint

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index.

Added Author

Wilson, Jake B.

Research Call Number

JFE 08-2369

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