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| Document Type: | Book |
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Rebecca Moore |
| ISBN: | 9780313352515 0313352518 |
| OCLC Number: | 731152429 |
| Description: | 179 S ; 25 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Rebecca Moore. |
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<p>"Part reportage and part critical historiography, Moore's account moves expertly through thickets of evidence, from newspapers and government reports to Jonestown recordings and first-person accounts. ... Through Moore's judicious rendering, the story of Peoples Temple is no longer mere madness. Instead, it appears as a utopian journey whose catastrophic millennialism belies its Midwestern origins, as wells as its optimistic advertisements of progress, communal labor, and real equality." - <p>Indiana Magazine of History Read more...
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