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To Serve God and Wal-Mart

The Making of Christian Free Enterprise

Bethany Moreton

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$23.00 • £18.95 • €20.50

ISBN 9780674057401

Publication Date: 09/07/2010

392 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

12 halftones, 1 map

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Bethany Moreton is Professor of History at Dartmouth College.

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