Getting the Goods: Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution

by Edna Bonacich and Jake Wilson

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In Getting the Goods, Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson focus on the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach--which together receive 40 percent of the nearly $2 trillion worth of goods imported annually to the United States--to examine the impact of the logistics revolution on workers in transportation and distribution. Built around the invention of shipping containers and communications technology, the logistics revolution...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0801474256

ISBN13:9780801474255

Release Date:February 2008

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Length:304 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Business Business & Investing Distribution & Warehouse Management Economics Exports & Imports Industries & Professions International Management & Leadership Popular Economics Transportation

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