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Transcendental Meditation in America : How a New Age Movement Remade a Small Town in Iowa /
The Indian spiritual entrepreneur Maharishi Mahesh Yogi took the West by storm in the 1960s and '70s, charming Baby Boomers fed up with war and social upheaval with his message of meditation and peace. Heeding his call, two thousand followers moved to tiny Fairfield, Iowa, to set up their own u...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Iowa City, IA :
University of Iowa Press,
2014.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: Who Cares about Fairfield, Anyway?; 1. Classic Americana, with a Twist; 2. Going for Baroque; 3. Of God and Man; 4. Unearthly Delights; 5. Power of the Ballot; 6. Higher Ed, Higher Realms; 7. Death in Paradise; 8. Enlightenment for All Ages; 9. Just Business; 10. The Disaffected; 11. Maharishi Vedic City; 12. Does TM Have a Tomorrow?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. | |
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