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Scholars with the Institute of Marine Studies at the University of Plymouth (England) help mitigate the lack of attention to one of the most active and important shipping industries in the eastern Mediterranean. They analyze the Turkish industry as a whole, liberalization after the 1980s, major ports, ancillary industries and sectors, shipbuilding and repair, scrapping, and shipping policy. No index is included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)