In Pursuit of Leviathan : Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906.

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In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-ce...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Davis, Lance E. (Lance Edwin)
Otros Autores: Gallman, Robert E., Gleiter, Karin
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic Development.
Temas:
1800-1899
Whaling > Economic aspects > United States.
Whaling > United States > History > 19th century.
Baleines > Chasse > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Baleines > Chasse > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Whaling
Whaling > Economic aspects
United States
whaling, history, economics, voyages, new bedford, massachusetts, ports, labor, products, commerce, innovation, whale biology, productivity, technology, clippers, harpoons, darting guns, nonfiction, profits, blubber, ambergris, market forces, crew, sailors, fleet, 19th century, antebellum, eastern seaboard, natural resources, capital.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • In Pursuit of Leviathan; Contents; Preface; 1. In Prospect; 2. Whales and Whaling; 3. Data Sets and Sources; 4. Natural Resources; 5. Labor; 6. Capital; 7. Technology; 8. Productivity; 9. Product Markets; 10. Agents, Captains, and Owners; 11. Profits; 12. The Americans Replace the British; 13. Modern Whaling; 14. In Retrospect; References; Name Index; Subject Index.

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