Utopias in American History
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Utopias in American History

  1. 456 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Utopias in American History

About this book

An insightful look at the long tradition of communal societies in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their ideological foundations, daily life, and relationships to mainstream American society. With this volume, a fascinating, yet often overlooked, part of the American story is brought to the forefront. In Utopias in American History, independent scholar Jyotsna Sreenivasan makes the case that from the founding of the American colonies to the hippie communes of the 1960s to the cohousing movement, which started in the 1990s, the United States has the most sustained tradition of utopianism of any modern country. Accessible yet authoritative and highly informative, Utopias in American History offers dozens of alphabetically organized entries covering all aspects of communal societies from colonial times to the present. Featured are descriptions of over 40 major utopian communities, both religious and secular. Entries are organized in terms of their histories, belief systems, leadership, economics, daily life, and the reactions they drew from mainstream society.

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Information

Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9781598840520
eBook ISBN
9781598840537
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CONTENTS
  3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. CHRONOLOGY
  6. AMANA COLONIES
  7. AMISH
  8. ANANDA COLONIES
  9. ANARCHISM
  10. ANTISLAVERY COMMUNITIES
  11. BELLAMY, EDWARD
  12. BIBLE COMMUNISM
  13. BISHOP HILL
  14. BOHEMIA MANOR
  15. BROOK FARM AND FOURIERIST PHALANXES
  16. BROTHERHOOD OF THE NEW LIFE
  17. BRUDERHOF
  18. BUDDHIST COMMUNITIES
  19. BURNED-OVER DISTRICT
  20. CAMPHILL MOVEMENT
  21. CAPITALISM
  22. CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT
  23. CHILDREN AND CHILD REARING
  24. CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
  25. CIVIL WAR
  26. COHOUSING
  27. COOPERATIVES
  28. CULTS
  29. DAVIDIAN AND BRANCH DAVIDIAN MOVEMENTS
  30. ECOVILLAGES
  31. EDUCATION
  32. EPHRATA CLOISTER
  33. FAIRHOPE AND SINGLE-TAX COMMUNITIES
  34. FAMILY
  35. THE FAMILY/CHILDREN OF GOD
  36. THE FARM
  37. FELLOWSHIP FOR INTENTIONAL COMMUNITY
  38. FERRER COLONY (STELTON)
  39. GEORGE, HENRY
  40. GREAT DEPRESSION
  41. GRONLUND, LAURENCE
  42. HARMONY SOCIETY
  43. HIPPIES
  44. HOME COLONY
  45. HOUSE OF DAVID MOVEMENT
  46. HUTTERITES
  47. ICARIAN MOVEMENT
  48. INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
  49. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS (HARE KRISHNA MOVEMENT)
  50. JERUSALEM/SOCIETY OF UNIVERSAL FRIENDS
  51. JESUS PEOPLE USA
  52. JEWISH AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES
  53. KAWEAH COOPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH
  54. KEIL COMMUNITIESā€”BETHEL AND AURORA
  55. KOINONIA FARM/KOINONIA PARTNERS
  56. KORESHAN UNITY
  57. LEADERSHIP AND DECISION MAKING
  58. LITERARY UTOPIAS
  59. LLANO DEL RIO AND NEW LLANO
  60. LOVE FAMILY
  61. MILLENNIALISM
  62. MORAVIAN MOVEMENT
  63. MORE, THOMAS
  64. NEW DEAL COMMUNITIES
  65. NEW HARMONY AND OWENITE MOVEMENT
  66. ONEIDA COMMUNITY
  67. ORDERVILLE AND MORMON COMMUNALISM
  68. OWEN, ROBERT
  69. PACIFISM
  70. PEACE MISSION MOVEMENT
  71. PERSECUTION
  72. POINT LOMA AND THEOSOPHICAL COMMUNITIES
  73. RAINBOW FAMILY OF LIVING LIGHT
  74. RAJNEESHPURAM
  75. RENAISSANCE COMMUNITY/BROTHERHOOD OF THE SPIRIT
  76. RUGBY
  77. RUSKIN
  78. SHAKERS
  79. SKINNER, B. F.
  80. SOCIALISM
  81. SOCIETY OF THE WOMAN IN THE WILDERNESS
  82. STEINER, RUDOLF
  83. SYNANON
  84. TRANSCENDENTALISM
  85. TWIN OAKS COMMUNITY
  86. VALLEY OF THE SWANS
  87. WOMEN, STATUS OF
  88. ZOAR SOCIETY
  89. INDEX
  90. ABOUT THE AUTHOR