David Cantoni evaluated the central argument of this work using six hundred years of data on over two hundred cities, finding that it had no basis in reality.
David Cantoni evaluated the central argument of this work using six hundred years of data on over two hundred cities, finding that it had no basis in reality. A popular alternative to the mechanism suggested in this work is the rise of literacy. This work asserts that those from Pietist backgrounds are more likely to see a craft as an end unto itself, and thereby be more devoted to it, and this work conceives of the act of "economizing" as being a way of proving one's moral worth. For 10 points, name this work arguing that the former title belief affected the rise to prominence of the latter title economic system, written by Max Weber.
David Cantoni evaluated the central argument of this work using six hundred years of data on over two hundred cities, finding that it had no basis in reality.
The {Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism}.