The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
- ISBN-10
- 0486122379
- ISBN-13
- 9780486122373
- Series
- The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-04-19
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Max Weber
Description
Author's best-known and most controversial study relates the rise of a capitalist economy to the Puritan belief that hard work and good deeds were outward signs of faith and salvation.
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