Chin, Christine B. N.,

Cruising in the global economy: profits, pleasure and work at sea/ Christine B.N. Chin. - Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2008. - xii, 184 p. ; 25 cm. - The international political economy of new regionalisms series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-174) and index.

1. Making the Connection:
Profits, Pleasure and Work on the Open Seas 1
2. Flags of Convenience:
Sovereignty-for-Lease in the Maritime World 54
3. Floating Resorts:
Political Economy of Pleasure Production 92
4. Structured Hedonism:
Consumption of Deep Ocean Pleasure Cruising 136
5. Mini United Nations¿:
Foreign Migrant Labour on Cruise Ships 185
6. Navigating Morality in and for the Twenty-First Century 243

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Ocean travel--Economic aspects.
Cruise lines.

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