|aThe spirit of capitalism :|bnationalism and economic growth /|cby Liah Greenfeld.
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|aCambridge, Mass. :|bHarvard University Press,|c2003.
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|axi, 541 p. ;|c25 cm.
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|aOriginally published in hardcover, 2001.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 487-532) and index.
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|aIntroduction -- I: ANOTHER TAKE ON HOW IT ALL BEGAN: The capitalist spirit and the British economic miracle -- "The great Seventeenth-Century exception" -- II: THE SPREAD OF THE NEW ECONOMIC CONSCIOUSNESS ON THE EUROPEAN CONTINENT: The first convert: France -- The power of concerted action: putting the spirit of capitalism to work in Germany -- III: THE ASIAN CHALLENGE: THE WAY OF JAPAN: Japanese nationalism -- Racing and fighting -- IV: THE ECONOMIC CIVILIZATION: THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM IN THE NEW WORLD: Searching for the American system -- The thrust -- Epilogue: Looking backward from the year 2000.