In pursuit of Leviathan : technology, institutions, productivity, and profits in American whaling, 1816-1906
Davis, Lance E. (Lance Edwin)1997
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Traces the American whaling industry from its rise in the 1840s to its precipitous fall at the end of the 19th century. This text uses detailed and comprehensive data to describe more than 4000 whaling voyages from New Bedford, Massachusetts, and explores the whaling market and techniques.
Main title:
In pursuit of Leviathan : technology, institutions, productivity, and profits in American whaling, 1816-1906 / Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman, and Karin Gleiter.
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Imprint:
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, c1997.
Collation:
xii, 550p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24cm.
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Notes:
Bibliography: p523-538. _ Includes indexes.
ISBN:
9780226137896
Dewey class:
338.37295097309034338.37295Da(899)
Local class:
338.37295Da(899)
Language:
English
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BRN:
1913472