The spirit of capitalism : nationalism and economic growth / / Liah Greenfeld

• Autore: Greenfeld Liah
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (556 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic development; Nationalism - Economic aspects
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 487-532) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I. Another Take on How It All Began -- 1. The Capitalist Spirit and the British Economic Miracle -- 2. "The Great Seventeenth-Century Exception" -- II. The Spread of the New Economic Consciousness on the European Continent -- 3. The First Convert: France -- 4. The Power of Concerted Action: Putting the Spirit of Capitalism to Work in Germany -- III. The Asian Challenge: The Way of Japan -- 5. Japanese Nationalism -- 6. Racing and Fighting -- IV. The Economic Civilization: The Spirit of Capitalism in the New World -- 7. Searching for the American System -- 8. The Thrust -- Epilogue: Looking Backward from Year 2000 -- Notes -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book answers a fundamental question of economics: what are the reasons for sustained economic growth? Greenfeld focuses on the problem of motivation behind the epochal change in behavior, which from the 16th century on has reoriented one economy after another from subsistence to profit, transforming the nature of economic activity.
• Titolo autorizzato: The spirit of capitalism
• ISBN: 0-674-26404-5; 0-674-03792-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910814418903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II