| Direct Sales and Direct Faith in Latin America 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Cahn, P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349294411 ISBN-13: 9781349294411 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - General - Religion | Comparative Religion - History | Latin America - General |
| Dewey: 658.872 |
| Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.3" W x 11.8" (1.20 lbs) 191 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |