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

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