Getting the Goods Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution

Name: Getting the Goods Ports, Labor, and the Logistics Revolution
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ISBN: 9780801474255

ISBN-10: 0801474256

ISBN-13: 9780801474255

Edition: 2007

Authors: Edna Bonacich, Jake B. Wilson

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In Getting the Goods, Edna Bonacich and Jake B. Wilson focus on the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach-which together receive 40 percent of the nearly $2 trillion worth of goods imported annually to the United States-to examine the impact of the logistics revolution on workers in transportation and distribution. Built around the invention of shipping containers and communications technology, the logistics revolution has enabled giant retailers like Wal-Mart and Target to sell cheap consumer products made using low-wage labor in developing countries. The goods are shipped through an efficient, low-cost, intermodal freight system, in which containers are moved from…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication date: 1/3/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Acronyms



The Logistics Revolution and Its Consequences



The Logistics Revolution



Importers



Moving the Freight



Containerization, Intermodalism, and the Rise of Los Angeles and Long Beach



Steamship Lines



Landside Transportation



Warehouses and Distribution Centers



Labor



Maritime Workers



Landside Workers



Warehouse and Distribution Center Workers


Conclusion: Winners and Losers


Interviews


References


Index