Paperback. In this terrifically entertaining history, journalist Kristoffer A. Garin chronicles the cruise-ship industry, from its rise in the early sixties, to its explosion in the seventies with the hit show The Love Boat, to the current vicious consolidation wars and brazen tax dodges. Entrepreneurial genius and bare-knuckle capitalism mate with cultural kitsch as the cruise lines dodge U.S. tax, labor, and environmental laws to make unimaginable profits while bringing the world a new form of leisure.A colorful and compelling behind-the-scenes narrative, Devils on the Deep Blue Sea is a definitive look at the industry and its robber barons who created floating empires. In this terrifically entertaining history, Garin chronicles the cruise-ship industry, from its rise in the early 1960s to its explosion in the 1970s to the current consolidation wars and brazen tax dodges. It is a definitive look at the industry and its robber barons who created floating empires. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Title: Devils on the Deep Blue Sea (Paperback)
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Publication Date: 2006
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0452287340
ISBN 13: 9780452287341
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new

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In this terrifically entertaining history, journalist Kristoffer A. Garin chronicles the cruise-ship industry, from its rise in the early sixties, to its explosion in the seventies with the hit show The Love Boat, to the current vicious consolidation wars and brazen tax dodges. Entrepreneurial genius and bare-knuckle capitalism mate with cultural kitsch as the cruise lines dodge U.S. tax, labor, and environmental laws to make unimaginable profits while bringing the world a new form of leisure.

A colorful and compelling behind-the-scenes narrative, Devils on the Deep Blue Sea is a definitive look at the industry and its robber barons who created floating empires.

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Kristoffer A. Garin is a journalist who has written for the New York Daily News and the Journal News in Westchester, New York.

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