The invisible hook : the hidden economics of pirates /
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Author / Creator: | Leeson, Peter T., 1979- |
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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 |
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