An edition of The children of Jonestown (1981)

The children of Jonestown

1st McGraw-Hill paperback ed.

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An edition of The children of Jonestown (1981)

The children of Jonestown

1st McGraw-Hill paperback ed.

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Investigates the deaths of the nearly three hundred children who were victims of the mass cyanide poisoning at Jonestown, analyzing the social and political factors that enabled Jones to exercise the power of life and death over the children.

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McGraw-Hill
Language
English
Pages
238

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Subjects

Children, Peoples Temple, Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978, Child abuse

People

Jim Jones (1931-1978)

Places

Guyana, United States, Jonestown (Guyana), San Francisco (Calif.)
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Cover of: The children of Jonestown
The children of Jonestown
1981, McGraw-Hill
in English - 1st McGraw-Hill paperback ed.

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Table of Contents

Prologue
Page 1
1. Child Abuse and Terror in People's Temple
Page 6
2. Manipulation of Court Guardianships and Children's Lives
Page 20
3. Jim Jones Versus the Family
Page 38
4. Brainwashing Dreams
Page 57
5. Financial Building Blocks of Jones' Empire
Page 76
6. Politics + Public Relations = Power
Page 91
7. The Paralysis and Failure of Government
Page 116
8. The Quest of Leo Ryan
Page 146
9. The Last White Night
Page 171
10. The Politics of National Shame
Page 192
11. The Cults and Human Rights for Children
Page 202
Appendix: "Accusation of Human Rights Violations by Rev. James Warren Jones Against Our Children and Relatives . . ." by the Concerned Relatives Organization, April 11, 1978.
Page 210
Biography and Sources
Page 221
Index
Page 229

Edition Notes

Bibliography: p. 221-227.
Includes index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
362.7/044
Library of Congress
BP605.P46 W66

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 238 p., [4] leaves of plates :
Number of pages
238

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4102145M
Internet Archive
childrenofjonest00wood
ISBN 10
0070716412
LCCN
80016663
Library Thing
654676
Goodreads
470326

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