Utopian Episodes: Daily Life in Experimental Colonies Dedicated to Changing the World

Utopian Episodes: Daily Life in Experimental Colonies Dedicated to Changing the World
ISBN-10
0815603819
ISBN-13
9780815603818
Category
Social Science
Pages
358
Language
English
Published
1996-05-01
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Author
Seymour R. Kesten

Description

Decades before the communes of the sixties, nineteenth-century radicals set up isolated colonies where they hoped to insulate themselves from a corrupt mainstream America. Throughout the country, experimental utopian settlements promised to fulfill the lives of ordinary citizens through abundance, equality, and free education. Utopian Episodes tells why these early, freethinking rebels could never fully achieve their goals, but how their legacy has become an integral part of today's movement for social reform.

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