Mariners and markets
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Mariners and markets
Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1992
- : hbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-103) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work sets out to challenge the belief that the market for seafarers, in the days before steam, was efficient - conforming more or less to a strong prior belief in the neo-classical economic model of supply and demand. The historical literature on the subject is strewn with references to "crimping" or "shanghaiing", naval press-gangs, desertion, mutiny, marooning and shipwrecks due to drunkenness and negligence. Kindleberger looks at the issues of recruitment and pay, the treatment of seamen ashore and afloat and the question of government intervention and its impact on efficiency.
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