The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism /
Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2001.
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| Series: | Routledge classics.
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| Online Access: | Available via EBSCO eBook Collection |
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| Summary: | Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism holds its own as one of the most significant books of the twentieth century. The book is one of those rare works of scholarship which no informed citizen can afford to ignore. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlii, 271 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203995808 0203995805 9786610173143 6610173141 9781134521890 1134521898 0415255597 9780415255592 041525406X 9780415254069 |