Sager argues that sailors were not misfits or outcasts but were divorced from society only by virtue of their occupation. The wooden ships were small communities at sea, fragments of normal society where workers lived, struggled, and often died. With the coming of the age of steam, the sailor became part of a new division of labour and a new social hierarchy at sea. Sager shows that the sailor was as integral to the transition to industrial capitalism as any land worker.
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Sager argues that sailors were not misfits or outcasts but were divorced from society only by virtue of their occupation. The wooden ships were small communities at sea, fragments of normal society where workers lived, struggled, and often died. With the coming of the age of steam, the sailor became part of a new division of labour and a new social hierarchy at sea. Sager shows that the sailor was as integral to the transition to industrial capitalism as any land worker.
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Add this copy of Seafaring Labour: the Merchant Marine of Atlantic to cart. $28.02, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1989 by Mcgill-Queen's University Press.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 0773506705.
Add this copy of Seafaring Labour: the Merchant Marine of Atlantic to cart. $20.00, very good condition, Sold by The Haunted Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Iowa City, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1990 by McGill Queens University Press.
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Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket in Near Fine jacket. Crisp, bright, and clean except for a prior owner's name at the half-title page; binding square and tight, hard cover only lightly rubbed at the corners, otherwise excellent. Jacket shows a little rubbing and shallow creasing at corners and spine ends, otherwise clean and lovely.
Add this copy of Seafaring Labour: the Merchant Marine of Atlantic to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Jonathan Grobe Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Deep River, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Mcgill-Queen's University Press.
Add this copy of Seafaring Labour: the Merchant Marine of Atlantic to cart. $90.91, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Add this copy of Seafaring Labour: the Merchant Marine of Atlantic to cart. $24.00, like new condition, Sold by Robert Campbell Bookseller rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Montreal, QC, CANADA, published by Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen' University Press, 1989.
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Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen' University Press, 1989
Add this copy of Seafaring Labour: the Merchant Marine of Atlantic to cart. $49.37, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by McGill-Queen's University Pres.
