Devils on the Deep Blue Sea The Dreams, Schemes, and Showdowns That Built America's Cruise-Ship Empires

Name: Devils on the Deep Blue Sea The Dreams, Schemes, and Showdowns That Built America's Cruise-Ship Empires
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ISBN: 9780452287341

ISBN-10: 0452287340

ISBN-13: 9780452287341

Edition: N/A

Authors: Kristoffer A. Garin

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The twelve billion dollar cruise-ship industry caters to 10 million Americans annually on six- hundred million dollar floating cities. In this terrifically entertaining history, Kristoffer A. Garin chronicles the cruise-ship industry, from its rise in the early sixties, to its explosion in the seventies with the hit show The Love Boat, to the current vicious consolidation wars and brazen tax dodges. Entrepreneurial genius and bare-knuckle capitalism mate with cultural kitsch as the cruise lines dodge U.S. tax, labor, and environmental laws to make unimaginable profits while bringing the world a new form of leisure. A colorful and compelling behind-the-scenes narrative, Devils on the Deep…

Book details

List price: $24.00
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/27/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.49" wide x 8.41" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English