In Pursuit of Leviathan
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In Pursuit of Leviathan
| Full title | In Pursuit of Leviathan: Technology, Institutions, Productivity, and Profits in American Whaling, 1816-1906 |
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| Author | Lance E. Davis, Robert E. Gallman and Karin Gleiter |
| Published | 1997 |
| Pages | 550 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | A quantitative economic history of American whaling from 1816 to 1906 — the lay system, the agents, the productivity of the fleet — and the standard case study in how a high-risk extractive industry organised its capital and labour. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025.
About this edition
Not to be confused with Leviathan, the Hobbes card already in the anti-library.
Connections
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
- Economics · Institutions · Capital Allocation · History — where this sits in the corpus.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.