Hare Krishna In America

by E. Burke Rochford and Professor E. Burke Rochford

Book Overview

You have seen them dancing and chanting on street corners or soliciting donations in airports. Their shaven heads, long robes, and sense for the dramatic set them apart from others around them and generate curiosity, sometimes mistrust, wherever they appear.

Sociologist E. Burke Rochford, Jr., began his study of the Hare Krishna movement in America in the mid-1970s, only to find himself increasingly drawn into the movement even as he struggled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813511143
• ISBN13: 9780813511146
• Release Date: December 1985
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"