Still waiting, still moving: On labour, logistics and maritime industries

Stillness in a Mobile World

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 51-68

  Rossiter, Ned ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84921271066     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203855898     Document Type: Chapter

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