TY - BOOK AU - Zelizer,Viviana A.Rotman TI - Morals and Markets. the Development of Life Insurance in the United States SN - 9780231920469 PY - 1979///] CY - New York, NY : PB - Columbia University Press, KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Life KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; 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; restricted access N2 - Studies noneconomic aspects of economic behavior, using as an example the cultural and ideological factors involved in the legitimation of life insurance UR - https://doi.org/10.7312/zeli92046 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231886758 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780231886758.jpg ER -