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Autore |
Davis Lance Edwin |
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Titolo |
In pursuit of Leviathan : technology, institutions, productivity, and profits in American whaling, 1816-1906 / / Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman, Karin Gleiter |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-22328-X |
9786611223281 |
0-226-13790-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (566 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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NBER series on long-term factors in economic development |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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GallmanRobert E |
GleiterKarin |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Whaling - Economic aspects - United States |
Whaling - United States - History - 19th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 523-538) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840's 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-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified clippers and harpoons, and the introduction of darting guns. Despite the common belief that the whaling industry declined due to a fall in whale stocks, the authors argue that the industry's collapse was related to changes in technology |
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