Enterprising Slaves & Master Pirates

Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamas

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Autor(en)	Virgil Henry Storr	Verlag	Peter Lang Publishing Group
Sachgebiet(e)	Soziologie, English Books	ISBN	0-8204-7075-9
2004, 147 Seiten, Festeinband/Hardcover

Enterprising Slaves & Master Pirates is an interdisciplinary account of economic life in the Bahamas. The Bahamas' economic story is an interesting tale, full of vibrant color - a story of short-lived booms followed by protracted busts, where discussions of economic success force us to mention fanciful figures such as the pirates Blackbeard and Calico Jack, and where accounts of economic woe, such as the collapse of the cotton market, are punctuated by descriptions of the clamor of Sunday markets or the unique practice of self-hire. Since the almost simultaneous settling of the Bahamas by pirates and Puritan farmers in the 17th century, two ideal typical entrepreneurs have dominated the region's economic life: the enterprising slave (encouraging Bahamian businessmen to work hard, to be creative and to be productive), and the master pirate, (demonstrating how success is more easily attained through cunning and deception). In addition to Caribbean Studies scholars, this book will appeal to students of culture interested in economic development, and economists interested in how culture impacts development efforts.

Source: Peter Lang Publishing Group

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Introduction
  • Being a Teller of Stories
  • Chapter Summary
• Chapter Two - Context Matters: The Importance of Time & Place in Economic Narratives
  • Introduction
  • The Weber-Austrian Approach: The Case for The Tri-Embedded Actor
  • Culture: Meaning Underneath the Social, the Economic & the Political
  • Entrepreneurs in Context: Creating a Cultural Economics
• Chapter Three - Expulsis Piratis? Piracy as a Model and Metaphor for Economic Success
  • Introduction
  • Piracy as a Way of Doing Business
  • Piracy as a Metaphor for Business
  • The Master Pirate
• Chapter Four - Sankofa: The Spirit of Enterprise, The Legacy of a Peculiar Slavery
  • Introduction
  • Five Days Slave and Two Days Peasant
  • Neither Slaves nor Peasants
  • Rushin' as Entrepreneurship
  • The Enterprising Slave (the Higgler)
• Chapter Five - Competing Metaphors: Explaining Enterprise in the Bahamas
  • Introduction
  • Understanding Bahamian Business Practices
  • Selling Paradise and Burying Treasure
• Chapter Six: Conclusion