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

By: Davis, Lance EContributor(s): Gallman, Robert E | Gleiter, Karin | MyilibraryMaterial type: TextTextSeries: National Bureau of Economic Research Series on Long-Term Factors in Economic DevelopmentPublisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997Copyright date: ©1997Description: 1 online resource (566 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780226137902Subject(s): Whaling -- Economic aspects -- United States | Whaling -- United States -- History -- 19th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In Pursuit of Leviathan : Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906DDC classification: 338.3/7295/097309034 LOC classification: SH383Online resources: Click to View
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Intro -- 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.
Summary: 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-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.
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Intro -- 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.

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-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.

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