Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World: Case Studies 1950-2010

book: Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World

Open Access Published by Amsterdam University Press 2017

Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Workers around the World

Case Studies 1950-2010

Edited by: Raquel Varela , Hugh Murphy and Marcel Linden

Volume 2 in the series Work around the Globe: Historical Comparisons

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048530724

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Maritime trade is the backbone of the world’s economy. Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. Early British dominance, for example, was later undermined in the 1950s by competition from the Japanese, who have since been overtaken by South Korea and, most recently, China. The case studies in this volume trace these and other important developments in the shipbuilding and ship repair industries, as well as workers’ responses to these historic transformations.

Author / Editor information

Varela Raquel :

Raquel Varela : Researcher at the Institute for Contemporary History of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she coordinates the Study Group on Global History of Labour and Social Conflicts. Recent book: História do Povo na Revolução Portuguesa 1974-1975 (Lisbon, 2014).Murphy Hugh :

Hugh Murphy: Visiting Reader in Maritime History, National Maritime Museum, Royal Museums Greenwich and Professor in the Department of Economic and Social History, University of Glasgow. He has published widely on business and economic history, particularly on the history of British shipbuilding during the twentieth century.Linden Marcel :

Marcel van der Linden : Senior Research Fellow at IISH, the institution of which he has been the research director between 2001 and 2014. He is also Professor of Social Movement History at the University of Amsterdam. Recent book: Workers of the World. Essays toward a Global Labor History (Leiden and Boston, 2010).

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
1. Introduction Marcel van der Linden, Hugh Murphy and Raquel Varela Open Access Download PDF	15
North-western Europe
2. Labour in the British shipbuilding and ship repairing industries in the twentieth century Open Access Download PDF	47
3. Bremer Vulkan. A case study of the West German shipbuilding industry and its narratives in the second half of the twentieth century Johanna Wolf Open Access Download PDF	117
4. From boom to bust. Kockums, Malmö (Sweden), 1950-1986 Tobias Karlsson Open Access Download PDF	143
5. The Norwegian shipbuilding industry after 1945. Production systems, rationalisation, and labour relations, with special reference to Bergens Mekaniske Verksteder and Aker Stord Hans-Jakob Ågotnes and Jan Heiret Open Access Download PDF	165
6. From war reparations to luxury cruise liners. Production changes and labour relations at the Turku shipyard (Finland) between 1950 and 2010 Kari Teräs Open Access Download PDF	193
7. The Dutch shipbuilding industry, 1950-2012 Sjaak van der Velden Open Access Download PDF	221
Southern and Eastern Europe
8. Always on the verge of sinking. Labour and production in the Sestri Ponente shipyard, Genoa (Italy), 1950-2014 Giulia Strippoli, Davide Tabor and Luciano Villani Open Access Download PDF	249
9. Work, workers, and labour conflicts in the shipyard Bazán /Navantia-Ferrol, Galicia (Spain), 1950-2014 José Gómez Alén Open Access Download PDF	281
10. Against market rules. A Spanish shipyard nobody wanted (except workers) Rubén Vega García Open Access Download PDF	305
11. Labour relations in a Portuguese shipyard. The case of Setenave Jorge Fontes Open Access Download PDF	319
12. Work in the Portuguese shipyards of Lisnave. From the right to work to precariousness of employment Raquel Varela and Ana Rajado Open Access Download PDF	339
13. The Gdańsk Shipyard. Production regime and workers’ conflicts in the 1970s and 1980s in the People’s Republic of Poland Sarah Graber Majchrzak Open Access Download PDF	365
14. The shipbuilding industry in Galați (Romania) under communism, 1948-1989 Constantin Ardeleanu Open Access Download PDF	397
The Americas and Australia
15. Charting a new course. US shipbuilding labour, 1950-2014 Robin Dearmon Muhammad Open Access Download PDF	421
16. The Argentinean shipbuilding industry. Workers’ struggles in a state shipyard Cintia Russo Open Access Download PDF	437
17. Production and labour of a stateowned enterprise. A case study of an Argentinean shipyard, Astillero Río Santiago Juliana Frassa Open Access Download PDF	457
18. Labour in the Brazilian shipbuilding industry. A contribution to an analysis of the recovery period Claudiana Guedes de Jesus Open Access Download PDF	477
19. Brazilian shipbuilding and workers between tradition and innovation. Shipyards Caneco/Rio Nave and Mauá – Rio de Janeiro, 1950-2014 Elina G. da Fonte Pessanha and Luisa Barbosa Pereira Open Access Download PDF	491
20. Cockatoo Island, Australia. Industry, labour, and protest culture Lisa Milner Open Access Download PDF	519
Asia
21. Evolution and development of the shipbuilding industry in Bharati Shipyard Ltd, Maharashtra (India), from the 1970s to 2010. Employer, employee, and production perspectives S.M. Fahimuddin Pasha Open Access Download PDF	547
22. Shipbuilding and shipbuilders in Thailand Nicola Mocci Open Access Download PDF	563
23. The lower labour market and the development of the post-war Japanese shipbuilding industry Takeshi Haraguchi and Kazuya Sakurada Open Access Download PDF	591
24. The evolution of labour relations in the South Korean shipbuilding industry. A case study of Hanjin Heavy Industries, 1950-2014 Wonchul Shin Open Access Download PDF	615
25. China, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Vietnam Hugh Murphy Open Access Download PDF	637
26. Some final observations Hugh Murphy and Marcel van der Linden Open Access Download PDF	657
Appendix 1: The effects of the oil price shocks on shipbuilding in the 1970s Hugh Murphy and Stig Tenold Open Access Download PDF	665
Appendix 2: Shipbuilding in 2013: an analysis of shipbuilding statistics Victoria Culkin Open Access Download PDF	675
Glossary of shipping and shipbuilding terms Open Access Download PDF	683
Collective bibliography Open Access Download PDF	699
Notes on contributors Open Access Download PDF	731
Index Open Access Download PDF	741

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Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 748
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 120
- Other: 20 line drawings
Keywords: Shipbuilding; ship repair; world market; workers; competition

eBook

Published: March 7, 2017
ISBN: 9789048530724