An Asian route to capitalism: Religious economy and the origins of self-transforming growth in Japan

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 843-865

  Collins, Randall ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITALISM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; GROWTH STRATEGY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0031448254     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657343     Document Type: Article

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