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Thetwelvebilliondollarcruise-shipindustrycatersto10millionAmericansannuallyonsix-hundredmilliondollarfloatingcities.Inthisterrificallyentertaininghistory,KristofferA.Garinchroniclesthecruise-shipindustry,fromitsriseintheearlysixties,toitsexplosionintheseventieswiththehitshowTheLoveBoat,tothecurrentviciousconsolidationwarsandbrazentaxdodges.Entrepreneurialgeniusandbare-knucklecapitalismmatewithculturalkitschasthecruiselinesdodgeU.S.tax,labor,andenvironmentallawstomakeunimaginableprofitswhilebringingtheworldanewformofleisure.Acolorfulandcompelling...