Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History

ISBN-13: 9781138524514 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 404 str.

John R. Hall

Opis

In this superb cultural history, John R. Hall presents a reasoned analysis of the meaning of Jonestown--why it happened and how it is tied to our history as a nation, our ideals, our practices, and the tension of modern culture

Spis treści

I: PART; 1: Jim Jones; 2: The Preacher; 3: The Prophet; 4: The Temple; 5: The Ark; II: Part; 6: The Corporate Conglomerate; 7: The Collectivist Reformation; 8: Politics and Public Relations; III: Part; 9: From the Promised Land to the Promised Land; 10: The Concerned Relatives, the “Concentration Camp,” and the “Conspiracy”; 11: The Apocalypse at Jonestown; 12: After Jonestown

O autorze

John R. Hall