America's Communal Utopias

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States
Cover of the book America's Communal Utopias by , The University of North Carolina Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9780807898970
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: January 20, 2010
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780807898970
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: January 20, 2010
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development--before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published. The contributors are Jonathan G. Andelson, Karl J. R. Arndt, Pearl W. Bartelt, Priscilla J. Brewer, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Lawrence Foster, Carl J. Guarneri, Robert V. Hine, Gertrude E. Huntington, James E. Landing, Dean L. May, Lawrence J. McCrank, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Pitzer, Robert P. Sutton, Jon Wagner, and Robert S. Weisbrot.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development--before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published. The contributors are Jonathan G. Andelson, Karl J. R. Arndt, Pearl W. Bartelt, Priscilla J. Brewer, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Lawrence Foster, Carl J. Guarneri, Robert V. Hine, Gertrude E. Huntington, James E. Landing, Dean L. May, Lawrence J. McCrank, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Pitzer, Robert P. Sutton, Jon Wagner, and Robert S. Weisbrot.

More books from The University of North Carolina Press

Cover of the book Dictators, Democracy, and American Public Culture by
Cover of the book The Politics of Economic Decline in East Germany, 1945-1989 by
Cover of the book Sexual Revolutions in Cuba by
Cover of the book From Goodwill to Grunge by
Cover of the book Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice by
Cover of the book Fear and Memory in the Brazilian Army and Society, 1889-1954 by
Cover of the book The Counterrevolution of Slavery by
Cover of the book Winds of Change by
Cover of the book The Death and Life of Main Street by
Cover of the book Braxton Bragg by
Cover of the book Captive Nation by
Cover of the book We Mean to Be Counted by
Cover of the book Freedom's Coming by
Cover of the book John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship by
Cover of the book An Anthropology of Marxism by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy