Getting the goods
Subtitle: ports, labor, and the logistics revolution
By: Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson
Contributors: Wilson, Jake B
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9780801445729; 9780801474255
Subjects: Container terminals -- California -- Los Angeles; Container terminals -- California -- Long Beach; Cargo handling; Transport workers -- California -- Los Angeles; Transport workers -- California -- Long Beach; Shipping -- California -- Los Angeles; Shipping -- California -- Long Beach; Business logistics -- California -- Los Angeles; Business logistics -- California -- Long Beach
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-265) and index
Table of contents: title: The logistics revolution; title: Importers; title: Containerization, intermodalism, and the rise of Los Angeles and Long Beach; title: Steamship lines; title: Landside transportation; title: Warehouses and distribution centers; title: Maritime workers; title: Landside workers; title: Warehouse and distribution center workers; title: Conclusion : winners and losers