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TAWNEY, Richard Henry

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Engels historicus (1880-1962)

* Calcutta 30.11.1880 - † Londen 16.1.1962

Van 1931-49 was Tawney hoogleraar aan de London School of Economics.

Hij was aanhanger van de Fabian Society en van 1928-44 voorzitter van de
Workers' Educational Association. Zijn Religion and the rise of capitalism (1926)
illustreert M. Webers opvatting over het verband tussen kapitalisme en m.n. calvinisme.

Werk: The acquisitive society (1921), Equality (1931), Land and labour in China (1932),
Beatrice Webb (1945), The western political tradition (1949), Business and politics
under James I. Lionel Cranfield as merchant and minister
(1958), Social history
and literature
(1958).

 


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