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Author Davenport, Stewart.

Title Friends of the unrighteous mammon : northern Christians and market capitalism, 1815-1860 / Stewart Davenport.

Imprint Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  261.8509 D227f 2008    ---  Available
Description x, 269 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-259) and index.
Contents Originally sinful : "Das Adam Smith problem" and the "dismal science" -- People and project -- Motivations -- Moral problems, scientific solutions -- Utilitarian conclusions : moral man, moral economy -- The inconsistently virtuous economy -- The problem of the poor -- Stephen Colwell -- Oresetes Brownson before 1840 -- Oresetes Brownson after 1840 -- Some comparisons and preliminary conclusions -- Paradox, people, and project -- Boundaries, balance, and faculty psychology -- Of competition and liberalism, luxury and speculation -- Divine retribution and "Das Adam Smith problem" revisited.
Subject Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
United States -- Church history.
ISBN 9780226137063 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226137066 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000042177280
NLGGC 30990241X

 
    
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