Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History / Edition 2

by John R. Hall

Overview

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. Hall deflates the myths of Jonestown by exploring how much of what transpired was unique to the group and its leader and how much can be explained by reference to wider social processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780765805874
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/28/2004
Edition description:	New Introduction by Author
Pages:	408
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

John R. Hall is director of the Center for History, Society, and Culture at the University of California, Davis and has also taught sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the author of Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe, and Japan and The Ways Out: Utopian Communal Groups in an Age of Babylon.

John R. Hall is director of the Center for History, Society, and Culture at the University of California, Davis and has also taught sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He is the author of Apocalypse Observed: Religious Movements and Violence in North America, Europe, and Japan and The Ways Out: Utopian Communal Groups in an Age of Babylon.

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

"Brimming with new information and vital insight into one of the most horrifying episodes of the 20th century." —Steve Weinberg, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Inc.

"The most comprehensive and sociological assessment of Peoples Temple available." —Ernest G. Rigney, Jr.,Contemporary Sociology "Extraordinarily well researched and elegantly argued. Hall deals with a sensational and frightening topic in a reflective and analytic fashion." —George Lipsitz, Choice

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