Stern / Chiao The Price of Salmon

The Scandal of the West Coast Salmon Canning Industry
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-6678-3459-7
Verlag: BookBaby
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet/DL/kein Kopierschutz

E-Book, Englisch, 222 Seiten

In 1922, San Francisco Daily News investigative journalist, Max Stern, posed as a down-on-his-luck cannery workers to uncover corrupt hiring practices and deplorable labor conditions employed by Chinese contractors and Alaska salmon canners. Stern's collective articles spotlighted the discrimination, exploitation, profiteering, and mistreatment of cannery crews and exposed the corrupt, abusive practices of the labor contract system. More real than fiction, Stern's adventure aboard a 'Hell Ship' to Alaksa was filled with suspense and drama. It was a deep dive into of the underworld of the salmon canning trade, populated by greedy owners, corrupt contractors, and Chinese Gang of many races, tongues, and nationalities. Desperate men were pressed to surrender to 'Man's inhumanity to man.'. It is a remarkable piece of journalism and literature of the American West in the early 20th Century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stern, Max

Chiao, James

Chiao, Philip