LEADER 04003nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910784740103321 005 20230303203018.0 010 $a1-281-22328-X 010 $a9786611223281 010 $a0-226-13790-2 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226137902 035 $a(CKB)1000000000405121 035 $a(EBL)408321 035 $a(OCoLC)437247647 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000177723 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11180000 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177723 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10215991 035 $a(PQKB)10141184 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC408321 035 $a(DE-B1597)535610 035 $a(OCoLC)781253346 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226137902 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL408321 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10216968 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL122328 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000405121 100 $a19960516d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIn pursuit of Leviathan $etechnology, institutions, productivity, and profits in American whaling, 1816-1906 /$fLance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman, Karin Gleiter 210 1$aChicago :$cUniversity of Chicago Press,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (566 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aNBER series on long-term factors in economic development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-226-13789-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 523-538) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1. In Prospect --$t2. Whales and Whaling --$t3. Data Sets and Sources --$t4. Natural Resources --$t5. Labor --$t6. Capital --$t7. Technology --$t8. Productivity --$t9. Product Markets --$t10. Agents, Captains, and Owners --$t11. Profits --$t12. The Americans Replace the British --$t13. Modern Whaling --$t14. In Retrospect --$tReferences --$tName Index --$tSubject Index 330 $aIn Pursuit of Leviathan traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840's to its precipitous fall at the end of the nineteenth century. Using detailed and comprehensive data that describe more than four thousand whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, the leading nineteenth-century whaling port, the authors explore the market for whale products, crew quality and labor contracts, and whale biology and distribution, and assess the productivity of the American fleet. They then examine new whaling techniques developed at the end of the nineteenth century, such as modified clippers and harpoons, and the introduction of darting guns. Despite the common belief that the whaling industry declined due to a fall in whale stocks, the authors argue that the industry's collapse was related to changes in technology and market conditions. Providing a wealth of historical information, In Pursuit of Leviathan is a classic industry study that will provide intriguing reading for anyone interested in the history of whaling. 410 0$aNBER series on long-term factors in economic development. 606 $aWhaling$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States 606 $aWhaling$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 610 $awhaling, history, economics, voyages, new bedford, massachusetts, ports, labor, products, commerce, innovation, whale biology, productivity, technology, clippers, harpoons, darting guns, nonfiction, profits, blubber, ambergris, market forces, crew, sailors, fleet, 19th century, antebellum, eastern seaboard, natural resources, capital. 615 0$aWhaling$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aWhaling$xHistory 676 $a338.3/7295/097309034 700 $aDavis$b Lance Edwin$0118703 701 $aGallman$b Robert E$0140609 701 $aGleiter$b Karin$0145547 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784740103321 996 $aIn pursuit of Leviathan$93845233 997 $aUNINA