International Seafarers and Transnationalism in the Twenty-First Century
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International Seafarers and Transnationalism in the Twenty-First Century
By (Author) Helen Sampson
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press
1st March 2013
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
331.7613875089
Winner of BBC Radio 4s Thinking Allowed inaugural award for ethnography, in association with the British Sociological Association 2014 (UK)
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Hardback
192
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
Description
Winner, 2014 BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed inaugural award for ethnography, in association with the British Sociological Association This ethnographic account of seafarers considers issues of transnationalism in the twenty-first century and discusses the detailed life experiences of migrant workers in this context. It argues for a consideratio
Reviews
"Although the fundamental question addressed by the book is fairly theoretical, the arguement is illustrated by much vivid, poignant and often amusing material from Sampson's observation and interviews"
(Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19th June 2014), Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19 June 2014
Author Bio
Professor Helen Sampson is the Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre based within the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University
