Author: Eileen Luhr
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520399722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Whether they were utopian communitarians, sun-seeking gurus, or Protestant health reformers, Southern California's spiritual seekers drew on the United States' deepening global encounters and consumer cultures to pair religious and personal reinvention with cultural and spiritual revitalization. Through a rereading of the region's cultural landscape, Golden States provides an alternative history of California religion and spirituality, showing that seekers developed a number of paths to fulfillment that enhanced the region's lifestyle brand. Drawing on case studies as varied as surfing and yoga practices, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, and the only designated "Blue Zone" in the United States, this work explores the long-term impact of alternative beliefs on the region. In doing so, it highlights the ongoing tensions between privileging personal choice and pursuing social good as communities navigated whether the commitment to the emotional and therapeutic needs and desires of individual believers should be pursued at the expense of broader efforts to achieve collective well-being.
Golden States
Author: Eileen Luhr
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520399722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Whether they were utopian communitarians, sun-seeking gurus, or Protestant health reformers, Southern California's spiritual seekers drew on the United States' deepening global encounters and consumer cultures to pair religious and personal reinvention with cultural and spiritual revitalization. Through a rereading of the region's cultural landscape, Golden States provides an alternative history of California religion and spirituality, showing that seekers developed a number of paths to fulfillment that enhanced the region's lifestyle brand. Drawing on case studies as varied as surfing and yoga practices, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, and the only designated "Blue Zone" in the United States, this work explores the long-term impact of alternative beliefs on the region. In doing so, it highlights the ongoing tensions between privileging personal choice and pursuing social good as communities navigated whether the commitment to the emotional and therapeutic needs and desires of individual believers should be pursued at the expense of broader efforts to achieve collective well-being.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520399722
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Whether they were utopian communitarians, sun-seeking gurus, or Protestant health reformers, Southern California's spiritual seekers drew on the United States' deepening global encounters and consumer cultures to pair religious and personal reinvention with cultural and spiritual revitalization. Through a rereading of the region's cultural landscape, Golden States provides an alternative history of California religion and spirituality, showing that seekers developed a number of paths to fulfillment that enhanced the region's lifestyle brand. Drawing on case studies as varied as surfing and yoga practices, Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, and the only designated "Blue Zone" in the United States, this work explores the long-term impact of alternative beliefs on the region. In doing so, it highlights the ongoing tensions between privileging personal choice and pursuing social good as communities navigated whether the commitment to the emotional and therapeutic needs and desires of individual believers should be pursued at the expense of broader efforts to achieve collective well-being.
Golden States
Author: Michael Cunningham
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
David Stark, an adolescent and mainstay of a family of women nearing physical or emotional collapse, hitchhikes from Southern California to San Francisco to locate a wandering sister and encounters adulthood.
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
David Stark, an adolescent and mainstay of a family of women nearing physical or emotional collapse, hitchhikes from Southern California to San Francisco to locate a wandering sister and encounters adulthood.
The Golden State in the Civil War
Author: Glenna Matthews
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521194008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Breaks new ground in its coverage of California during the Civil War era, in terms of geography and social groupings.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521194008
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
Breaks new ground in its coverage of California during the Civil War era, in terms of geography and social groupings.
Golden State Warriors
Author: Sam Moussavi
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 1489646906
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Inside the NBA series gives readers an inside look at the basketball teams that make up the National Basketball Association. Each team’s history, uniforms, accomplishments, equipment, key players, coaches, and much more are covered in detail in this exciting series. Sports fans will love the brilliant photographs and fun facts of the Inside the NBA series. Each AV2 media enhanced book is a unique combination of a printed book and exciting online content that brings the book to life. Readers can access embedded weblinks, audio and video clips, activities, and other features, such as a slide show, matching word activity, and quiz.
Publisher: Weigl Publishers
ISBN: 1489646906
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Inside the NBA series gives readers an inside look at the basketball teams that make up the National Basketball Association. Each team’s history, uniforms, accomplishments, equipment, key players, coaches, and much more are covered in detail in this exciting series. Sports fans will love the brilliant photographs and fun facts of the Inside the NBA series. Each AV2 media enhanced book is a unique combination of a printed book and exciting online content that brings the book to life. Readers can access embedded weblinks, audio and video clips, activities, and other features, such as a slide show, matching word activity, and quiz.
Golden States of Grace
Author: Rick Nahmias
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826346774
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Taking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, Golden States of Grace documents marginalized communities at prayer in their own faith traditions. The collection is thoroughly interfaith, introducing us to the nation's only halfway house for addicts self-identified as Jewish, a transsexual gospel choir, a Buddhist community in San Quentin, a Mormon congregation organized by the deaf for the deaf, Latina sex workers worshipping the female folk deity Santísima Muerte, and more. Depictions of conventional middle-class religion are widely visible in the media, but the American public rarely sees the sacred worlds of society's marginalized: the outcasts, the fallen, those that have been labeled "other"--ironically, those whom religion aims to serve. The poignant stories Nahmias has gathered here cross numerous boundaries and ask difficult questions few outsiders have been willing to pose.
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826346774
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Taking California as a window into the diversity of religion in America, Golden States of Grace documents marginalized communities at prayer in their own faith traditions. The collection is thoroughly interfaith, introducing us to the nation's only halfway house for addicts self-identified as Jewish, a transsexual gospel choir, a Buddhist community in San Quentin, a Mormon congregation organized by the deaf for the deaf, Latina sex workers worshipping the female folk deity Santísima Muerte, and more. Depictions of conventional middle-class religion are widely visible in the media, but the American public rarely sees the sacred worlds of society's marginalized: the outcasts, the fallen, those that have been labeled "other"--ironically, those whom religion aims to serve. The poignant stories Nahmias has gathered here cross numerous boundaries and ask difficult questions few outsiders have been willing to pose.
What Made California the Golden State?: Life During the Gold Rush
Author: Shing Yin Khor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593661737
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Discover what life was really like during the California Gold Rush in this powerful graphic novel written by National Book Award finalist and Eisner Award-winning creator Shing Yin Khor and illustrated by Kass Gray. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! Explore the Gold Rush from the perspective of William Miller and Henry Garrison, two miners in the Sierra Nevada region, and uncover the often unrelenting conditions of the California gold mines. A story of community, determination, and the search for the American Dream, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into what life was really like during this pivotal period in American history--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593661737
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Discover what life was really like during the California Gold Rush in this powerful graphic novel written by National Book Award finalist and Eisner Award-winning creator Shing Yin Khor and illustrated by Kass Gray. Presenting Who HQ Graphic Novels: an exciting addition to the #1 New York Times best-selling Who Was? series! Explore the Gold Rush from the perspective of William Miller and Henry Garrison, two miners in the Sierra Nevada region, and uncover the often unrelenting conditions of the California gold mines. A story of community, determination, and the search for the American Dream, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves into what life was really like during this pivotal period in American history--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page.
California
Author: Emily Schnobrich
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612118003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
California seems to have it all. It leads the nation in multiple industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, entertainment, and technology. Mountains, valleys, beaches, and deserts can all be found within its borders, along with some of the nationÕs largest cities. Discover the beauty and possibility of the Golden State in this informative title for young readers.
Publisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612118003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
California seems to have it all. It leads the nation in multiple industries, including agriculture, manufacturing, entertainment, and technology. Mountains, valleys, beaches, and deserts can all be found within its borders, along with some of the nationÕs largest cities. Discover the beauty and possibility of the Golden State in this informative title for young readers.
Internal Revenue Acts of the United States, 1909-1950
Author: Bernard D. Reams (Jr.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Taxation
Languages : en
Pages : 1324
Book Description
Merchant Vessels of the United States
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Merchant marine
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
United States Plant Patents
Author: United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Cultivated
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Plants, Cultivated
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description