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ISBN10: 0299150003, ISBN13: 9780299150006, [publisher: University of Wisconsin Press] Hardcover 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. [Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
ISBN10: 0299150003, ISBN13: 9780299150006, [publisher: University of Wisconsin Press] Hardcover 1996. Hardcover. Very Good. [Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1996]
Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, Date: 1996. Scarce HARDCOVER edition. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. NO library indications on the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1996. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in black on the spine. From the publisher: "Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has an estimated worldwide membership of two million. This collaborative study offers the first comprehensive look at AA as a social movement, a belief system, a model for small group interactions, and a truly international phenomenon. The international success of AA is evidence that a system of thought and a program of action developed in middle-class North America in the 1930s can be adapted and made relevant in cultural environments as diverse as the slums of Mexico City, the factory towns of Poland, and the farm villages of Switzerland. The authors look at what actually happens in an AA meeting, how members interact, and how the AA model fits into widely varying cultural traditions. The book includes the early history of AA and its organizational principles, its international growth, and its present structure, finances, and membership. The chapters pay particular attention to the relationships of belief and action in AA, the role of written and oral tradition in the transmission of the beliefs, and cultural variations in the content ...
ISBN10: 0299150003, ISBN13: 9780299150006, [publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison] Hardcover First Edition Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1996. Scarce HARDCOVER edition. Very Good EX-LIBRARY. NO library indications on the spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. 1996. First printing of the First Edition with complete number row (54321) on the copyright page. Bound in the original green cloth, stamped in black on the spine. From the publisher: "Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) has an estimated worldwide membership of two million. This collaborative study offers the first comprehensive look at AA as a social movement, a belief system, a model for small group interactions, and a truly international phenomenon. The international success of AA is evidence that a system of thought and a program of action developed in middle-class North America in the 1930s can be adapted and made relevant in cultural environments as diverse as the slums of Mexico City, the factory towns of Poland, and the farm villages of Switzerland. The authors look at what actually happens in an AA meeting, how members interact, and how the AA model fits into widely varying cultural traditions. The book includes the early history of AA and its organizational principles, its international growth, and its present structure, finances, and membership. The chapters pay particular attention to the relationships of belief and action in AA ...
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