{"title":"Penny McCall Howard","description":"\u003cp\u003ePenny McCall Howard's works provide insightful analysis into complex intersections of environment, labour, and economic systems, especially within maritime contexts. Her writing is both rigorous and accessible, inviting readers to explore the nuanced relationships shaping global capitalism and ecological concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for students and researchers alike, her books offer critical perspectives grounded in social theory and political economy. Readers can expect thoughtful discussions that contribute meaningfully to disciplines such as environmental studies, labour history, and education.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"environment-labour-and-capitalism-at-sea-by-penny-mccall-howard-9781784994143","title":"Environment, Labour and Capitalism at Sea","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how fishers make the sea productive through their labour, using technologies ranging from wooden boats to digital GPS plotters to create familiar places in a seemingly hostile environment. It shows how their lives are affected by capitalist forces in the markets they sell to, forces that shape even the relations between fishers on the same boat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFishers frequently have to make impossible choices between safe seamanship and staying afloat economically, and the book describes the human impact of the high rate of deaths in the fishing industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnvironment, Labour and Capitalism at Sea\u003c\/em\u003e makes a unique contribution to understanding human-environment relations, examining the places fishers create and name at sea, as well as technologies and navigation practices. It combines phenomenology and political economy to offer new approaches for analyses of human-environment relations and technologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47470539964652,"sku":"9781784994143","price":246.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784994143-environment-labour-and-capitalism-at-sea.jpg?v=1775221062"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/penny-mccall-howard.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}