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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460189703321

Autore

Moreton Bethany

Titolo

To serve God and Wal-Mart [[electronic resource] ] : the making of Christian free enterprise / / Bethany Moreton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-05429-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (391 p.)

Disciplina

381/.1490973

Soggetti

Business - Religious aspects - Christianity

Free enterprise - Religious aspects - Christianity

Discount houses (Retail trade) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-349) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prolgue: From populists to Wal-Mart moms -- Our fathers' America -- The birth of Wal-Mart -- Wal-Mart country -- The family in the store -- Service work and the service ethos -- Revival in the aisles -- Servants unto servants -- Making Christian businessmen -- Evangelizing for free enterprise -- Students in free enterprise -- "Students changing the world" -- On a mission : the Walton international scholarship program -- Selling free trade -- Epilogue: A perfect storm.