The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Sport: How Calvinism and Capitalism Shaped America's Games

by Steven J. Overman

Steven Overman explores the concordant values of the Protestant ethic, capitalism, and sport by applying German scholar Max Weber's seminal thesis. Weber demonstrated a relationship between the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881462268
• ISBN13: 9780881462265
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Mercer University Press
• Length: 423 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.8"