02894nam 2200637Ia 450 991045773560332120200520144314.01-283-31112-797866133111221-57233-802-4(CKB)2550000000050382(EBL)785373(OCoLC)757261078(SSID)ssj0000639613(PQKBManifestationID)11439450(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000639613(PQKBWorkID)10605182(PQKB)10893075(MiAaPQ)EBC785373(OCoLC)835770393(MdBmJHUP)muse18494(Au-PeEL)EBL785373(CaPaEBR)ebr10505877(CaONFJC)MIL331112(EXLCZ)99255000000005038219970131d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeople of the rainbow[electronic resource] a nomadic utopia /Michael I. Niman2nd ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Press20111 online resource (372 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-57233-746-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Sunflower's day : July 3 -- Roots, rock, rainbow -- "The way we make decisions is more important than the decisions we make" : the Rainbow Family Council -- The nuts and bolts of making a rainbow : rainbow infrastructure -- People of the rainbow -- Violence and peace -- Fakelore -- The mediated rainbow : the American media look at the rainbow family -- Leave only smiles : land stewardship and community relations -- The rainbow and the U.S. government -- Conclusion : endless summer.Since 1972 the Rainbow Family of Living Light, a loosely organized and anarchistic nomadic community, has been holding large gatherings in remote forests to pray for world peace and create a model of a functioning utopian society. Michael I. Niman's People of the Rainbow, originally published in 1997, was the first comprehensive study of this countercultural group and its eclectic philosophy of environmentalism, feminism, peace activism, group sharing, libertarianism, and consensus government. It is a book yet to be superseded.This second edition of Niman's compelUtopiasHistory20th centuryNonviolenceHistory20th centurySocial history1970-Electronic books.UtopiasHistoryNonviolenceHistorySocial history321/.07Niman Michael I1029408MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457735603321People of the rainbow2445789UNINA