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Cahn, Peter S. (1975-)

Direct sales and direct faith in Latin America

Record Type:	Electronic resources : monographic
Author:	CahnPeter S., 1975-
Secondary Intellectual Responsibility:	Palgrave Connect (Online service)
Place of Publication:	New York
Published:	Palgrave Macmillan;
Year of Publication:	2011
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 191 p.)ill. :
Series:	Contemporary anthropology of religion
Subject:	Business - Religious aspects -
Subject:	Direct selling - South America. -
Subject:	Business -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church. -
Subject:	Direct selling -- South America. -
Subject:	Business. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230118904An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Notes:	Description based on print version record.
Summary:	Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking. Through an ethnographic portrait, Peter S. Cahn demonstrates that the quasi-religious commission of self-empowerment b7 smore than any economic commission b7 s accounts for the explosive growth of commission-based sales in the developing world. This book offers an in-depth exploration of the intersection of the spiritual and the economic, to reveal the ways in which people of faith blur the line between sacred and secular.
ISBN:	electronic bk.
ISBN:	electronic bk.
Content Note:	Making work a commission Helping others help themselves Thinking anew about the history of direct sales Healing the body through the mind Selling without selling Motivating rituals Planning the departure Bringing transformation to South America Moving forward, looking back.

Direct sales and direct faith in Latin America
Cahn, Peter S.

Direct sales and direct faith in Latin America / Peter S. Cahn. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 1 online resource (xiv, 191 p.) ; ill.. - (Contemporary anthropology of religion).
Making work a commission.
Description based on print version record..
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-186) and index..
BusinessDirect sellingBusiness -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.Direct selling -- South America.Business. -- Religious aspects -- South America.

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