Professor Helen Sampson is the Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre based within the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University

"Although the fundamental question addressed by the book is fairly theoretical, the arguement is illustrated by much vivid, poignant and often amusing material from Sampson's observation and interviews"(Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19th June 2014), Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19 July 2014|"It is hard to imagine an industry as globalized as merchant shipping, and yet the 1.5 million seafarers employed within it are largely absent from scholarly discussions of transnationalism. This book, which assesses whether international seafarers are transnational and why it matters, is hence overdue. Drawing on fieldwork at sea and in India and Germany, Helen Sampson evaluates the extent to which seafarers are ‘embedded’ within the social life of ships, on the one hand, and within communities on land, on the other. In addressing this question, she attends primarily to the structural factors that impact upon seafarers' ability to integrate into ‘communities’ aboard and ashore."(Olivia Swift, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2014) , Olivia Swift, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol20, Issue 1, 2014

• 1. All at sea2. Transnationality and structured space 3. Changes in the shipping industry and their consequences for contemporary seafarers 4. Transmigrant seafarers in Germany5. Life on board: ships, hierarchy, and workloads 6. Physical places and social spaces: seafarers at work and rest 7. Nationality and transnationality at sea 8. The transnational household? 9. On transnationalism, people, and space Bibliography Index

Professor Helen Sampson is the Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre based within the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University

"Although the fundamental question addressed by the book is fairly theoretical, the arguement is illustrated by much vivid, poignant and often amusing material from Sampson's observation and interviews"(Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19th June 2014), Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19 July 2014|"It is hard to imagine an industry as globalized as merchant shipping, and yet the 1.5 million seafarers employed within it are largely absent from scholarly discussions of transnationalism. This book, which assesses whether international seafarers are transnational and why it matters, is hence overdue. Drawing on fieldwork at sea and in India and Germany, Helen Sampson evaluates the extent to which seafarers are ‘embedded’ within the social life of ships, on the one hand, and within communities on land, on the other. In addressing this question, she attends primarily to the structural factors that impact upon seafarers' ability to integrate into ‘communities’ aboard and ashore."(Olivia Swift, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2014) , Olivia Swift, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol20, Issue 1, 2014

• 1. All at sea2. Transnationality and structured space 3. Changes in the shipping industry and their consequences for contemporary seafarers 4. Transmigrant seafarers in Germany5. Life on board: ships, hierarchy, and workloads 6. Physical places and social spaces: seafarers at work and rest 7. Nationality and transnationality at sea 8. The transnational household? 9. On transnationalism, people, and space Bibliography Index

Professor Helen Sampson is the Director of the Seafarers International Research Centre based within the Cardiff School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University

"Although the fundamental question addressed by the book is fairly theoretical, the arguement is illustrated by much vivid, poignant and often amusing material from Sampson's observation and interviews"(Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19th June 2014), Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Supplement, 19 July 2014|"It is hard to imagine an industry as globalized as merchant shipping, and yet the 1.5 million seafarers employed within it are largely absent from scholarly discussions of transnationalism. This book, which assesses whether international seafarers are transnational and why it matters, is hence overdue. Drawing on fieldwork at sea and in India and Germany, Helen Sampson evaluates the extent to which seafarers are ‘embedded’ within the social life of ships, on the one hand, and within communities on land, on the other. In addressing this question, she attends primarily to the structural factors that impact upon seafarers' ability to integrate into ‘communities’ aboard and ashore."(Olivia Swift, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, March 2014) , Olivia Swift, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Vol20, Issue 1, 2014

• 1. All at sea2. Transnationality and structured space 3. Changes in the shipping industry and their consequences for contemporary seafarers 4. Transmigrant seafarers in Germany5. Life on board: ships, hierarchy, and workloads 6. Physical places and social spaces: seafarers at work and rest 7. Nationality and transnationality at sea 8. The transnational household? 9. On transnationalism, people, and space Bibliography Index