The beloved myth: Protestantism and the rise of industrial capitalism in nineteenth-century Europe

Social Forces

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 509-553

  Delacroix, Jacques ^b   Nielsen, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1353/sof.2001.0096     Document Type: Article

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