In this Book
- America's Communal Utopias
- Book
- 2010
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 3-13
- The Shakers of Mother Ann Lee
- pp. 37-56
- George Rapp's Harmony Society
- pp. 57-87
- An American Elysium: The Icarian Communities
- pp. 279-296
- Eric Jansson and the Bishop Hill Colony
- pp. 297-318
- American Jewish Agricultural Colonies
- pp. 352-374
- Cyrus Reed Teed and the Koreshan Unity
- pp. 375-395
- California's Socialist Utopias
- pp. 419-431
- Father Divine and the Peace Mission
- pp. 432-448
- Bibliographical Essay
- pp. 495-506
- Contributors
- pp. 507-510
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469604459
Related ISBN(s)
9780807822999, 9780807846094, 9780807898970, 9798890866677
MARC Record
OCLC
966761922
Pages
560
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No