All things new : American communes and utopian movements, 1860-1914 / Robert S. Fogarty.

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Fogarty, Robert S.

Title & Author:

All things new : American communes and utopian movements, 1860-1914 / Robert S. Fogarty.

Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Description:

vii, 286 pages ; 24 cm (8vo)

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-273) and index.
"Enclaves of Difference": The Communal Pattern --"Behold a White Horse": Visions and Journeys --"Hard Times": Common Land and Common Labor --"New Movements": Missions or Retreats? --"The New Altruistic Leviathan": Conclusion --Manuscript Collections.
Catalogue of the James J. Kopp Collection, 452
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"From the seventeenth to the twentieth century America has been both a haven for utopian dreamers and a fertile ground for experiments in community. In All Things New, Robert S. Fogarty provides the first comprehensive study of a neglected chapter in the history of American utopian and communal experiments. Countering the view that utopianism declined dramatically after the 1840s, Fogarty uncovers a wealth of utopian experiments across the United States from 1860 to 1914. He examines 125 communities and their leaders, ranging from the secular and entrepreneurial to the mystical and charismatic. These engrossing tales of communes gain both authority and vitality from exhaustive research in primary sources, including newspapers, journals, and letters, and from the inclusion of historic photographs of colonists and prophets. Fogarty's arguments reflect recurrent cultural forces in American history, as he defines new territory in the history of utopian and communal movements."--BOOK JACKET.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0226256545 (alk. paper)
9780226256542 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Collective settlements United States History.
Communautés États-Unis Histoire.
Collective settlements
Social conditions
Utopieën.
Communes.
United States Social conditions 1865-1918.
États-Unis Conditions sociales 1865-1918.
United States

Form/genre:

History
Books.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 58555
Call No.: ID:90-B6913
Status: Available

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