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Genre/Form: | Fallstudiensammlung |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Seymour R Kesten |
ISBN: | 0815625936 9780815625933 0815603819 9780815603818 |
OCLC Number: | 27108980 |
Description: | xii, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | 1. The Who, What, When, and Where of the Utopian Episodes -- 2. The Spur to a Utopian Life -- 3. Daily Life: The Necessities -- 4. Civic Life: Freedom, Tolerance, Equality, and Fraternity -- 5. Life for Women -- 6. Life for the Future: Education -- 7. The Life of the Mind -- 8. Life in Music -- 9. Life in Words -- 10. After Life: Failure and Success -- App. A. Brief Notes about People Frequently Mentioned -- App. B. Colony Names, Locations, and Principal Newspapers. |
Series Title: | Utopianism and communitarianism. |
Responsibility: | Seymour R. Kesten. |
Abstract:
Offers an insider's view into the day-to-day lives of America's most radical 19th-century utopian communities. This text focuses on the colonies of New Harmony, Indiana; Brook Farm, Massachusetts; and Icarian Communities in Iowa and Illinois. It draws on memoirs and early accounts.
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