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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRAISE
INTRODUCTION
PART I: FOUNDATIONS
CHAPTER ONE
CHRISTIAN FAITH IN PROGRESS
THEOLOGY AND SCIENCE
THE RISE OF INDIVIDUALISM
THE ABOLITION OF MEDIEVAL SLAVERY
CHAPTER TWO
TECHNICAL PROGRESS
PROGRESS IN HIGH CULTURE
INVENTING CAPITALISM
CAPITALISM AND THEOLOGICAL PROGRESS
ISLAM AND INTEREST
CHAPTER THREE
COMMAND ECONOMIES
THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF MORAL EQUALITY
PROPERTY RIGHTS
LIMITING STATES AND KINGS
EUROPEAN DISUNITY
COMMERCE AND THE CREATION OF RESPONSIVE ITALIAN REGIMES
REPRESSION IN SOUTHERN ITALY: THE CASE OF AMALFI
NORTHERN FREEDOM
PART II: FULFILLMENT
CHAPTER FOUR
RATIONAL FIRMS
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST ITALIAN SUPERCOMPANY
ITALIAN CAPITALISM, “PURITANISM,” AND FRUGALITY
THE BLACK DEATH
CHAPTER FIVE
THE WOOLEN CITIES OF FLANDERS
CAPITALISM COMES TO NORTHERN FLANDERS
ON TO AMSTERDAM
ENGLISH CAPITALISM
CHAPTER SIX
1492: BACKWARD SPAIN
WEALTH AND EMPIRE
SPANISH ITALY
THE SPANISH NETHERLANDS
DEFEAT
FRANCE: TAXATION, REGULATION, AND STAGNATION
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHRISTIANITY: TWO RELIGIOUS ECONOMIES
FREEDOM: PATTERNS OF RULE
CAPITALISM
LATIN AMERICAN PROTESTANTISM: OPIATE OR ETHIC?
CONCLUSION
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY RODNEY STARK
COPYRIGHT PAGE
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