Preface

THE PROTESTANT ETHIC AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
by the same author
GENERAL ECONOMIC HISTORY
by Ernst Troehsch
THE SOCIAL TEACHING OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
I
MAX WEBER
THE PROTESTANT ETHIC
AND THE SPIRIT OF CAPITALISM
TRANSLATED BY
TALCOTT PARSONS
Tutor in Economics, Harvard University
WITH A FOREWORD BY
R. H. TAWNEY
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CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
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FIRST PUBLISHED IN GREAT BRITAIN IN I93O SECOND IMPRESSION 1 948 THIRD IMPRESSION I95O
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CONTENTS ^^c,
Translator's Preface jl. j \N 3 L. j^
Foreword C C P , ^ i
Author's Introduction 13