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Brand: Chamberlain Bros, Date: 2006-03-28. First Edition. hardcover. Used: Good. 2006. Brand: Chamberlain Bros ISBN 1596090367 9781596090361 [US]

Brand: Chamberlain Bros, Date: 2006-03-28. First Edition. hardcover. Used:Good. 2006. Brand: Chamberlain Bros ISBN 1596090367 9781596090361 [US]

New York Chamberlain Brothers 2006 First edition. First printing [stated] Hardcover Buerk, Roland Very good in very good jacket xix, [1], 167, [5] p. Illustrations. Index. 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. From Wikipedia: "Roland Buerk (born 1973), is a journalist working for the BBC. He is currently the Tokyo Correspondent for BBC News and is best known for his coverage of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He is the son of former BBC newsreader and current BBC Radio 4 presenter Michael Buerk....Buerk was educated at the Royal Grammar School, a day independent school for boys in his former hometown of Guildford in Surrey, followed by the University of Birmingham, from which he graduated with a degree in ...

ISBN10: 1596090367, ISBN13: 9781596090361, [publisher: Chamberlain Brothers, New York] Hardcover First Edition xix, [1], 167, [5] p. Illustrations. Index. 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. From Wikipedia: "Roland Buerk (born 1973), is a journalist working for the BBC. He is currently the Tokyo Correspondent for BBC News and is best known for his coverage of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. He is the son of former BBC newsreader and current BBC Radio 4 presenter Michael Buerk.Buerk was educated at the Royal Grammar School, a day independent school for boys in his former hometown of Guildford in Surrey, followed by the University of Birmingham, from which he graduated ...