Buoyancy on the Bayou : Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization, Pape...

by Jill Ann. Harrison

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Buoyancy on the Bayou : Shrimpers Face the Rising Tide of Globalization, Paperback by Harrison, Jill Ann, ISBN 0801478332, ISBN-13 9780801478338, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US The growing importation of foreign farm-raised shrimp has had devastating effects on Louisiana shrimp fishers. Based largely on ethnographic interviews, this work by Harrison (sociology, U. of Oregon), reports on the fate of over 50 individuals working in the industry, many of them for most of their lives. The official interviews were all conducted before the BP oil spill of April 2010, although a closing chapter updates the future prospects for shrimp fishers in its wake. Th closes with an eight page methodological summary that outlines procedures such as transcribing 150 hours of audio files, mixed with personal accounts of the research. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Year: 2012
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9780801478338
• Condition: Good

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