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Author Harrison, Jill Ann, 1977-

Title Buoyancy on the bayou : shrimpers face the rising tide of globalization / Jill Ann Harrison
Published Ithaca : ILR Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (x, 185 p.)
Contents Setting sail : what we can learn from Louisiana shrimp fishers -- Identity : the struggle to stay afloat -- Loss : jumping ship for higher ground -- Innovation : changing course on choppy waters -- Coming back ashore
Summary While shrimp-loving consumers have benefited from the lower cost of shrimp, domestic shrimp farmers have suffered, particularly in Louisiana. Jill Ann Harrison portrays the struggles that Louisiana shrimp fishers endure to remain afloat in an industry beset by globalization
Notes Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2009
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-179) and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed
Subject Shrimp industry -- Louisiana
Shrimpers (Persons) -- Louisiana
Shrimp fisheries -- Louisiana
Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Louisiana
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Globalization -- Economic aspects
Shrimp fisheries
Shrimp industry
Shrimpers (Persons)
Louisiana
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021699380
ISBN 9780801465352
0801465354
9780801465796
0801465796