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Gone from the Promised Land: Jonestown in American Cultural History
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About Gone From The Promised Land: Jonestown In American
Product Description 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. Review -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 "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 "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"Extraordinarily well researched and elegantly argued.... Hall deals with a sensational and frightening topic in a reflective and analytic fashion." 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.
