The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates /

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Author / Creator:Leeson, Peter T., 1979-
Imprint:Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2009.
Description:xvi, 271 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7687939
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ISBN:9780691137476 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0691137471 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-255) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • 1. The Invisible Hook
  • 2. Vote for Blackbeard The Economics of Pirate Democracy
  • 3. An-arrgh-chy The Economics of the Pirate Code
  • 4. Skull & Bones The Economics of the Jolly Roger
  • 5. Walk the Plank The Economics of Pirate Torture
  • 6. Pressing Pegleg The Economics of Pirate Conscription
  • 7. Equal Pay for Equal Prey The Economics of Pirate Tolerance
  • 8. The Secrets of Pirate Management
  • Epilogue: Omnipresent Economics
  • Postscript: You Can't Keep a Sea Dog Down The Fall and Rise of Piracy
  • Where This Book Found Its Buried Treasure A Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Index