Invisible hook: (Record no. 4309)
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| control field | 20230102143610.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780691150093 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 330 |
| Item number | LEE |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Leeson, Peter T. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Invisible hook: |
| Remainder of title | the hidden economics of pirates |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Princeton University Press |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Jersey |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2009 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xvi, 271 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | USD |
| Price amount | 16.95 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Pack your cutlass and blunderbuss — it’s time to go a-pirating! The Invisible Hook takes readers inside the wily world of late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century pirates. With swashbuckling irreverence and devilish wit, Peter Leeson uncovers the hidden economics behind pirates’ notorious, entertaining, and sometimes downright shocking behavior. Why did pirates fly flags of Skull & Bones? Why did they create a “pirate code”? Were pirates really ferocious madmen? And what made them so successful? The Invisible Hook uses economics to examine these and other infamous aspects of piracy. Leeson argues that the pirate customs we know and love resulted from pirates responding rationally to prevailing economic conditions in the pursuit of profits.<br/><br/>The Invisible Hook looks at legendary pirate captains like Blackbeard, Black Bart Roberts, and Calico Jack Rackam, and shows how pirates’ search for plunder led them to pioneer remarkable and forward-thinking practices. Pirates understood the advantages of constitutional democracy — a model they adopted more than fifty years before the United States did so. Pirates also initiated an early system of workers’ compensation, regulated drinking and smoking, and in some cases practiced racial tolerance and equality. Leeson contends that pirates exemplified the virtues of vice — their self-seeking interests generated socially desirable effects and their greedy criminality secured social order. Pirates proved that anarchy could be organized.<br/><br/>Revealing the democratic and economic forces propelling history’s most colorful criminals, The Invisible Hook establishes pirates’ trailblazing relevance to the contemporary world.<br/><br/> |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Economics |
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| Koha item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Bill No | Bill Date | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Accession Number | Date last seen | Date checked out | Copy number | Cost, replacement price | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Public Policy & General Management | IB/IN/898 | 21-12-2022 | Indian Institute of Management LRC | Indian Institute of Management LRC | General Stacks | 01/02/2023 | International Book Centre | 921.66 | 1 | 330 LEE | 004111 | 03/21/2023 | 03/07/2023 | 1 | 1401.77 | 01/02/2023 | Book |