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English
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'The Air, the Tone, and Mannerisms of the Quakers' : The Quakers, the Protestant Ethic, and the Quaker Mormons
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Max Weber Studies
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London
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Max Weber Studies
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99-110
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That the Quakers achieved disproportional economic success throughout their history is beyond dispute, yet the cause of the Quakers' success has received considerable debate. Though the Quakers promoted an ethic of hard work and thrift that Weber noted, a number of scholars have noted the role that Quaker networks and meetings played in the Quakers' success and some have argued that the Quakers' networks accounted entirely for the Quakers' wealth. Yet the success the early Mormons had among lapsed Quakers in the Delaware Valley provides a window into how those with a Quaker heritage performed economically outside of the Quaker networks. The 'Quaker Mormons' were not only significantly wealthier than both their neighbors and the other Mormon converts in the area but also continued their disproportional economic success after their move to Utah. The success of the Quaker Mormons outside of any Quaker networks suggests that the Quakers' individual characteristics of hard work, thrift, and business acumen (traits the Quaker Mormons also possessed) played a major role in their success.