Original publication date
1904
Pages
xviii; e; 2-292
Status
Available
Call number
Publication
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1958; 19th printing, later date
Physical description
xviii, e, 2-292 p.; 20.2 cm
ISBN
684719215
Language
Original language
German
Description
Max Weber's best-known and most controversial work, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, first published in 1904, remains to this day a powerful and fascinating read. Weber's highly accessible style is just one of many reasons for his continuing popularity. The book contends that the Protestant ethic made possible and encouraged the development of capitalism in the West. Widely considered as the most informed work ever written on the social effects of advanced capitalism, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism holds its own as one of the most signific