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"Leon Fink, one of the world's best labor historians, has gone to sea and returned with a powerful yarn about the seafaring workers who built the global economy. Vividly told the breathtaking in scope, Sweatshops at Sea will be remembered as one of the most important histories of our time." Marcus Rediker, author The Slave Ship: A Human History. "Sweatshops at Sea is a masterful history that illuminates the issues of citizenship in a world of porous borders for a workforce that has always been both multinational and multiracial. Leon Fink's thoroughly researched, fascinating book provides readers with a fresh and invigorating perspective on globalization."---Nelson Lichtenstein, director, Center for the Study of Work, Labor, and Democracy, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Martin [1830-1883] examines the development of marine insurance in what was then the world's leading maritime power. He shows, moreover, that the system developed under the leadership of Lloyd's helped Great Britain to achieve this position. Martin emphasizes the influence of commercial, international and admiralty law in the evolution of marine insurance and argues that they helped the industry to mature into an effective system that is emulated throughout the world.