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Revulsion and awe: charting the development of the moral economy of capitalism and its hero in the American imagination, from the protestant ethic to ecstasy of the entrepreneur

Pages 136-149 | Received 12 Oct 2015, Accepted 06 Jul 2016, Published online: 02 Aug 2016

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