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The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier, Ian Urbina

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"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"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780451492944
Instance
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The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier
Title
The outlaw ocean
Title remainder
journeys across the last untamed frontier
Statement of responsibility
Ian Urbina
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Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
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"--
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Booklist Editors' Choice, 2019.
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
contains biographical information
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10801349
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DLC
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Urbina, Ian
Dewey number
639.2
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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True
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  • Urbina, Ian
  • Fisheries
  • Law of the sea
  • Ocean
  • Oceania
Target audience
adult
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journeys across the last untamed frontier
Label
The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier, Ian Urbina
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-519) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780451492944
Lccn
2019001735
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)on1079847943
Label
The outlaw ocean : journeys across the last untamed frontier, Ian Urbina
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [423]-519) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xiv, 544 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780451492944
Lccn
2019001735
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
System control number
(OCoLC)on1079847943

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