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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100452287340

ISBN-139780452287341

eBay Product ID (ePID)51078903

Product Key Features

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

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicIndustries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism, Ships & Shipbuilding / History, Ships & Shipbuilding / General, Industries / Transportation

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreTransportation, Business & Economics

AuthorKristoffer A. Garin

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight12.6 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"Usually people going on cruises bring along guidebooks or other light reading. But for those who want a bit of history on the side--and yet still want to stick to a cruising theme--Devils on the Deep Blue Sea just might be the perfect choice. Author Kristoffer A. Garin, with intelligence and humor, tells the story behind the cruise-ship empires and explains how cruising emerged as a hugely successful industry. Here are the stories, often sordid but always entertaining, behind the names of the familiar cruise lines."-- June Sawyers, Chicago Tribune "His book, as funny as it appalling, should by read by anyone before casting off."-- Richard B. Woodward, New York Times "Garin's as interested in the ships themselves as he is in the boardrooms, and he turns up disturbing stories of corrupt labor practices and cover-ups of sexual assaults of passengers by crew members. The solid reporting ensures readers will come away with a healthy respect for Garin's work and for the very powerful industry he documents."-- Publishers Weekly "Not your father's business book. Garin offers wry observations on the industry and the fantasy it offers the 10 million Americans who annually embark for a bacchanalia on the high seas. Should they weary of calypso rhythms and boozy assignations, they could pick up this book and laugh along with Garin while he explains the complex industry that languidly sails the Caribbean... An adeptly done story about a leisure class that Thorstein Veblen would not recognize."-- Gilbert Taylor, Booklist

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal387.5/42//0973

SynopsisIn this terrifically entertaining history, journalist 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 Blue Sea is a definitive look at the industry and its robber barons who created floating empires., In this terrifically entertaining history, Garin chronicles the cruise-ship industry, from its rise in the early 1960s to its explosion in the 1970s to the current consolidation wars and brazen tax dodges. It is a definitive look at the industry and its robber barons who created floating empires., 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 Blue Sea" is a definitive look at the industry and its robber barons who created floating empires.