The spirit of capitalism : nationalism and economic growth / Liah Greenfeld.
The spirit of capitalism : nationalism and economic growth / Liah Greenfeld.
The spirit of capitalism : nationalism and economic growth / Liah Greenfeld.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
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N338.9/ 377
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English
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Physical content
xi, 541 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents
I. Another Take on How It All Began -- 1. The Capitalist Spirit and the British Economic Miracle -- 2. "The Great Seventeenth-Century Exception" -- II. The Spread of the New Economic Consciousness on the European Continent -- 3. The First Convert: France -- 4. The Power of Concerted Action: Putting...
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Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
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Massachusetts
Date Published
2001.
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"The Spirit of Capitalism answers a fundamental question of economics, a question neither economists nor economic historians have been able to answer: what are the reasons (rather than just the conditions) for sustained economic growth? Taking her title from Max Weber's famous study on the same subject, Liah Greenfeld focuses on the problem of moti...
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The spirit of capitalism : nationalism and economic growth / Liah Greenfeld.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-532) and index.
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N338.9/ 377
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0674012399 (pbk)
9780674006140 (alk. paper)
0674006143 (alk. paper)
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9780674012394 (pbk)
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338.9
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991015876619702626
