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Foreword / Healy, Kieran
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Historical and Economic Background
2. The Persistent Puzzle
3. A Comparative Perspective
4. The Impact of Values and Ideologies on the Adoption of Social Innovations: Life Insurance and Death
5. Life, Chance, and Destiny
6. Marketing Life: Moral Persuasion and Business Enterprise
7. The Life Insurance Agent: Problems in Occupational Prestige and Professionalization
Conclusions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Contents
Foreword / Healy, Kieran
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Historical and Economic Background
2. The Persistent Puzzle
3. A Comparative Perspective
4. The Impact of Values and Ideologies on the Adoption of Social Innovations: Life Insurance and Death
5. Life, Chance, and Destiny
6. Marketing Life: Moral Persuasion and Business Enterprise
7. The Life Insurance Agent: Problems in Occupational Prestige and Professionalization
Conclusions
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index