Screen LibraryThe invisible hook：the hidden economics of pirates
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton, N.J. |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 271 p.: ill. ; 23 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780691137476 (acid-free paper) 0691137471 (acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | E159 |
| CLC: |
E159-09 F119 |
| Call Number: | E159-09/L487 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-255) and index. The invisible hook -- Vote for Blackbeard. The economics of pirate democracy -- An-arrgh-chy. The economics of the pirate code -- Skull & bones. The economics of the Jolly Roger -- Walk the plank. The economics of pirate torture -- Pressing pegleg. The economics of pirate conscription -- Equal pay for equal prey. The economics of pirate tolerance -- The secrets of pirate management -- Epilogue: omnipresent economics -- Postscript: you can't keep a sea dog down. The fall and rise of piracy. |