Direct Sales and Direct Faith in Latin America
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 accounts for the explosive growth of c...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Palgrave Macmillan US
2011, 2011
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Series: | Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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 accounts for the explosive growth of commission-based sales in the developing world |
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Physical Description: | 206 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9780230118904 |