In pursuit of Leviathan
Subtitle: technology, institutions, productivity, and profits in American whaling, 1816-1906
By: Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman, and Karin Gleiter.
Contributors: Gallman, Robert E.; Gleiter, Karin.
Series: NBER series on long-term factors in economic development
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
Subjects: Whaling -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Whaling -- Economic aspects -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [521]-538) and indexes.