About Eric W. Sager Eric W. Sager is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Victoria and author of Seafaring Labour: The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada, 1820–1914. Books by Eric W. Sager Inequality in Canada The History and Politics of an Idea by (author) Eric W. Sager Maritime Capital The Shipping Industry in Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914 by (author) Eric W. Sager & Gerald E. Panting Seafaring Labour The Merchant Marine of Atlantic Canada, 1820-1914 by (author) Eric W. Sager