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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Main Author:	Cahn, Peter S. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Series:	Contemporary anthropology of religion.
Subjects:	Social Sciences. Anthropology. Comparative Religion. History of the Americas. Latin American Culture. Sociology of Religion. Ethnology > Latin America. Religion and sociology. Religions. Social sciences. America > History. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book