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The rise and fall of Synanon : a California utopia
- Title
- The rise and fall of Synanon : a California utopia / Rod Janzen.
- Author
- Janzen, Rod A.
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 01-15443 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Center for American Places.
- Description
- ix, 300 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Note
- "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Harrisonburg, Virginia."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-291) and index.
- Contents
- Synanon and the image of a rattlesnake in a mailbox -- In the beginning: a cure for drug addicts -- The coming of the squares -- Integration and the game -- The Synanon school -- Dopefiends and squares -- Communal art, re-creation, and a new religious identity -- Violence and shaved heads -- The end of childbirth and changing partners -- Legal issues and materialism -- A period of darkened light -- The final years -- Reasons for the decline -- Synanon people on the outside.
- Call Number
- JFE 01-15443
- ISBN
- 0801865832 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00010554
- OCLC
- 44669258
- Author
- Janzen, Rod A.
- Title
- The rise and fall of Synanon : a California utopia / Rod Janzen.
- Imprint
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-291) and index.
- Added Author
- Center for American Places.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 01-15443