This is the first complete account of the epic tale of the Icarians and their dream of creating a perfect society without money or property. Robert P. Sutton analyzes the origins of Icarianism in the milieu of French politics in the 1840s, discusses its founder Etienne Cabet, and traces the eventual creation of six communal societies in Illinois, Iowa, and California between 1848 and 1898. Les Icariens is a fascinating amalgam of biography, a history of French Socialism, and the story of one of the longest-lived secular communal experiments in America.
This is the first complete account of the epic tale of the Icarians and their dream of creating a perfect society without money or property. Robert P....
American communalism is not a disjointed, erratic, almost ephemeral part of our past, but an on-going, essential part of American history. This important study begins with an examination of America's first religious utopia at Ephrata, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 1732 and traces successive utopian experiments in the United States through the following centuries. The author demonstrates that the utopian communal story is an integral facet of the Puritan concept of America as a city upon a hill and a beacon light for the world where the perfect society could be built and where it could...
American communalism is not a disjointed, erratic, almost ephemeral part of our past, but an on-going, essential part of American history. This imp...
Communes and utopian communities are groups of men and women who share a central or common belief and choose to live together away from mainstream society. Many of the individuals in these communes are characterized by or aspire to perfection. This reference source contains biographies and historical overviews of 20th-century communes and utopias in the United States and those individuals involved with them. Sutton provides a comprehensive history of both religious and secular utopian communities. Entries include Amity Colony, Farm Eco-Village, Holy City, David Koresh, Shaker Communities,...
Communes and utopian communities are groups of men and women who share a central or common belief and choose to live together away from mainstream ...
Sutton provides a well-organized and readable overview of 19th-century utopian communities in the heartland defined as the old Northwest Territory, the Dakotas, and Missouri and a region that is second only to New England in the number of utopian communities during this period. Major emphasis is given to the Shakers, New Harmony. In addition to an analysis of general aspects of the utopias, Sutton focuses attention on some of the major utopian settlements, including but not limited to, the Shakers, New Harmony, the Fourierist phalanxes, the Icarians, and the Hutterites.
Sutton provides a well-organized and readable overview of 19th-century utopian communities in the heartland defined as the old Northwest Territory, th...
