Ninety Percent of Everything: Inside Shipping, the Invisible Industry That Puts Clothes on Your Back, Gas in Your Car, and...
- ISBN-10
- 0805092633
- ISBN-13
- 9780805092639
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-08-13
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Author
- Rose George
Description
Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, which is the key to our economy, environment and civilization, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators and pirates.
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