NinetyPercentofEverything:InsideShipping
- 作者
- 出版社 MetropolitanBooks
- 出版时间 2013年8月
- ISBN 9780805092639
- 定价 199.30
内容简介
Eye-openingandcompelling,theoverlookedworldoffreightshipping,revealedasthefoundationofourcivilizationOnship-trackingwebsites,thewatersareblackwithdots.Eachdotisaship;eachshipisladenwithboxes;eachboxisladenwithgoods.Inpostindustrialeconomies,wenolongerproducebutbuy.Webuy,sowemustship.Withoutshippingtherewouldbenoclothes,food,paper,orfuel.Withoutallthosedots,theworldwouldnotwork.FreightshippinghasbeennolessrevolutionarythantheprintingpressortheInternet,yetitisallbutinvisible.Awayfrompublicscrutiny,shippingrevelsinsuspectpractices,dubiousoperators,andashadysystemof"flagsofconvenience."Infestingourwaters,poisoningourair,andaprimeculpritofacousticpollution,shippingisenvironmentallyindefensible.Andthentherearethepirates.RoseGeorge,acclaimedchroniclerofwhatwewouldratherignore,sailsfromRotterdamtoSueztoSingaporeonshipsthelengthoffootballfieldsandtheheightofNiagaraFalls;shepatrolstheIndianOceanwithananti-piracytaskforce;shejoinsseafaringchaplains,andinvestigatestheharmthatshipsinflictonendangeredwhales.Sharplyinformativeandentertaining,NinetyPercentofEverythingrevealstheworkingsandperilsofanunseenworldthatholdsthekeytooureconomy,ourenvironment,andourverycivilization.
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