"This is an ideal resource for Postgraduate Students and Researchers in the Sociology and Geography of Financial Markets, Consumer Culture, Family Sociology, and Economics (social economy of households)"--Provided by publisher

Preface -- Overview -- Introduction -- World-views, economic conduct, and social progress -- The authority of economic man -- The decline of economic man -- The moralization of economic affairs -- The dynamics of modern societies -- The virtues of market conduct -- Encircling the concept of the...