Transcendental Meditation in America: How a New Age Movement Remade a Small Town in Iowa
(Part of the Iowa and the Midwest Experience Series)
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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 university on the campus of a failed denominational college. Soon, they started a school for prekindergarten through high school, allowing followers to immerse...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1609382358
ISBN13:9781609382353
Release Date:April 2014
Publisher:University of Iowa Press
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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