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The Three Christs of Ypsilanti: A Narrative Study of Three Lost Men
by Milton Rokeach
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
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About This Item
8vo, dark blue cloth with gilt titles and red floral stamping, yellow topstain, 332pp plus index. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket is price clipped, showing toning to flaps and mild wear to edges. Light foxing to text block. A cult classic in psychology and anthropology, following the lives of three men in a mental asylum who believe to be the second coming of Christ. A handsome copy in the less common blue variant dust jacket, preserved in mylar.
Synopsis
Milton Rokeach (1918–1988) was born in Hrubieszów, Poland, and at the age of seven moved with his family to Brooklyn. He received his BA from Brooklyn College in 1941. In the same year he began in the fledgling social psychology program at the University of California at Berkeley, but his studies were interrupted by a stint in the U.S. Army Air Forces Aviation Psychology Program. He returned to Berkeley in 1946 and received his PhD in 1947. Rokeach became a professor of psychology at Michigan State University and subsequently taught at the University of Western Ontario, Washington State University, and the University of Southern California. His famous psychological study The Three Christs of Ypsilanti (1964) has been made into a screenplay, a stage play, and two operas. His other major books are The Open and Closed Mind (1960), Beliefs, Attitudes, and Values (1968), and The Nature of Human Values (1973). Rokeach received the Kurt Lewin Memorial Award from the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues in 1984 and the Harold Lasswell Award from the International Society of Political Psychology in 1988. Rick Moody was born in New York City in 1961. He is the author of five novels, three collections of stories, and a memoir, The Black Veil. His work has been widely anthologized. He has taught at Bennington College, SUNY Purchase, New York University, and the New School for Social Research. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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- Bookseller
- Heaven-Haven Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B-91
- Title
- The Three Christs of Ypsilanti: A Narrative Study of Three Lost Men
- Author
- Milton Rokeach
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1964
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Christianity; Cult & Esoterica;
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