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Breaking Ships by Roland Buerk (2006, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-101596090367

ISBN-139781596090361

eBay Product ID (ePID)47842694

Product Key Features

Book TitleBreaking Ships

Number of Pages1 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAmerican Government / General, United States / General

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenrePolitical Science, History

AuthorRoland Buerk

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length3.1 in

Item Width5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-049652

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromEighth Grade

Dewey Decimal623.82/4

Grade ToEighth Grade

SynopsisWhen new labor laws and environmental standards came to Europe, the ship-breaking industry and its associated environmental hazards moved to places with fewer regulations, such as Chittagong on the coast of Bangladesh. Buerk, a BBC correspondent, follows the demise of the Asian Tiger, one of many ships destroyed in the ship-breaking yards of Chitta, Asbestos, explosives, and chemical waste are only a few of the hazards involved in the meticulous work of destroying a giant ship. When new labor laws and environmental standards came to Europe, the ship-breaking industry moved to places like Chittagong on the coast of Bangladesh-places where the lives of workers seem expendable, and the environment is someone else's problem. Breaking Ships follows the demise of the Asian Tiger , a ship destroyed at one of the twenty ship-breaking yards along the beaches of Chittagong. BBC Bangladesh correspondent Roland Buerk takes us through the process-from beaching the vessel to its final dissemination, from wealthy shipyard owners to poverty-stricken ship cutters, and from the economic benefits for Bangladesh to the pollution of its once pristine beaches.

LC Classification NumberVM149.B76 2005