The Beloved Myth: Protestantism and the Rise of Industrial Capitalism in Nineteenth-Century Europe. (*). From: Social Forces | Date: December 1, 2001| Author: Delacroix, Jacques; Nielsen, Francois | COPYRIGHT 2001 University of North Carolina Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

We investigate the thesis widely credited to Max Weber that Protestantism contributed to the rise of industrial capitalism by estimating the associations between the percentage of Protestants and the development of industrial capitalism in European countries in the mid- to late nineteenth century Development is measured using five sets of variables, including measures of wealth and savings, the founding date of the principal stock exchange, extension of the railroads network, distribution o...

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