| Edition |
First Vintage Books edition. |
| Description |
xiv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-519) and index. |
| Contents |
Storming the Thunder -- The lone patrol -- A rusty kingdom -- The scofflaw fleet -- Adelaide's voyage -- Jail without bars -- Raider of the lost arks -- The middlemen -- The next frontier -- Sea slavery -- Waste away -- Fluid borders -- Armed and dangerous -- The Somali 7 -- Hunting hunters -- Epilogue: a void -- Appendix: reining in the outlaw ocean. |
| Summary |
"There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. But perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world's oceans: too big to police, and with no clear international authority, the oceans have become the setting for rampant criminality--from human trafficking and slavery to environmental crimes and piracy. Now, in The Outlaw Ocean, Ian Urbina--prize-winning reporter for The New York Times--gives us a galvanizing account of the several years he spent exploring and investigating the high seas, the industries that make use of it, and the people who make their--often criminal--living on it. He traveled on fishing boats and freighters, visited port towns and hidden outposts. He witnessed both environmental vigilantes and transgressors in action, and faced a near-mutiny aboard a police ship conveying him to a meeting point miles from the coast. He describes pursuing employment agencies and shipowners to hold them accountable for labor abuses, and traveling with a maritime repo man. Combining high drama, an investigative reporter's eye for detail, and a commitment to social justice, The Outlaw Ocean is both a gripping adventure story and a stunning exposé of some of the most disturbing realities that lie behind fishing, shipping, and, by turn, the entire global economy"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Urbina, Ian -- Travel.
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Fisheries -- Corrupt practices.
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Law of the sea.
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Oceania.
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Ocean.
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Law of the sea. (OCoLC)fst00994049
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Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01043442
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Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
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Oceania. (OCoLC)fst01242982
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| Genre/Form |
Travel writing. (OCoLC)fst01919983
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Travel writing.
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| ISBN |
1101972378 (paperback) |
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9781101972373 (paperback) |
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