Maclure of New Harmony: Scientist, Progressive Educator, Radical Philanthropist

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Contents· Acknowledgments ix· Chronology xi· Prologue 1 1 Origins and the Making of a Life 3 2 Philadelphia (1796–1800) 18 3 Political and Economic Philosophy 24 4 European Sojourn (1800–1808) 40 5 The Maclurean Era of American Geology 51 6 Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States 72 7 The Grand Tour of Europe (1809–1815) 100 8 Patron of the Natural Sciences 124 9 Spanish Years and Return to America 137 10 Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune 153 11 Harmonie to New Harmony 164 12 A Boatload of Knowledge 179 13 Education in New Harmony 187 14 Trouble in Paradise 203 15 Out of the Ashes 215 16 Withdrawal to Mexico 237 17 Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say 261 18 New Harmony Adrift 271 19 The Working Men’s Institute and the Death of William Maclure 284· Epilogue 294· Notes 299· Bibliography 327· Index 335 viii · Contents ...