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Victor Oyaro Gekara and Helen Sampson, eds., The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs, Volume 9. Cham: Springer, 2022; 198pp. ISBN: 978-3-030-49824-5. AUD 278.

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Victor Oyaro Gekara and Helen Sampson, eds., The World of the Seafarer: Qualitative Accounts of Working in the Global Shipping Industry. WMU Studies in Maritime Affairs, Volume 9. Cham: Springer, 2022; 198pp. ISBN: 978-3-030-49824-5. AUD 278.

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The Economic and Labour Relations Review , Volume 33 , Issue 3 , September 2022 , pp. 683 - 688
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