Weber's spirit of capitalism and the Bahamas' Junkanoo ethic

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 289-309

  Storr, Virgil Henry ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Culture and entrepreneurship; Economic sociology; Max Weber

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745327574     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-006-9250-2     Document Type: Article

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