The Communistic Societies of The United States from Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles - 1971

Schocken Books, 1971. 4th Printing. Hardcover. Fair. Schocken Books, 1971. 4th Printing. Fair. The communistic societies of the United States; from personal visit and observation including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian, and other existing societies, their religious creeds, social practices, numbers, industries, and present condition

Nordhoff's Communistic societies is a non-traditional look into 19th century America In particular, it investigates the variety of communes across the United States in the 1874 I say communes because they were small groups living together and sharing property Today, the phrase for commune is "intentional community" At the time the book was written, the phrase was "communistic society"Most of the groups surveyed in the book were Christian religious communes The groups include: the Harmonists of Economy Pennsylvania, the Shakers, the Separatists of Zoar, and the Icarians The Amana colony of Iowa is studied (the refrigerators and Radar Range microwave ovens were still in the future) The social structure of the Oneida perfectionists is explored, including their unusually free sexual habits There is even a small commune of Russians who establish their rules in accordance with Karl Marx Talk about precursorsFor those bored by the standard version of US History in the late 19th century, this book offers a peek at alternatives that were explored at the time Most of these Utopias either fell apart, died out (Shakers), or were transformed into major corporations such as the Amana and the Oneida group, which became the corporation that produces Oneida tableware The book was republished in the 1965, an appropriate time to be celebrating counter-cultures in America's past

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Nordhoff's Communistic societies is a non-traditional look into 19th century America In particular, it investigates the variety of communes across the United States in the 1874 I say communes because they were small groups living together and sharing property Today, the phrase for commune is "intentional community" At the time the book was written, the phrase was "communistic society"Most of the groups surveyed in the book were Christian religious communes The groups include: the Harmonists of Economy Pennsylvania, the Shakers, the Separatists of Zoar, and the Icarians The Amana colony of Iowa is studied (the refrigerators and Radar Range microwave ovens were still in the future) The social structure of the Oneida perfectionists is explored, including their unusually free sexual habits There is even a small commune of Russians who establish their rules in accordance with Karl Marx Talk about precursorsFor those bored by the standard version of US History in the late 19th century, this book offers a peek at alternatives that were explored at the time Most of these Utopias either fell apart, died out (Shakers), or were transformed into major corporations such as the Amana and the Oneida group, which becam"hocken Books, 1971. 4th Printing. Fair. The communistic societies of the United States; from personal visit and observation including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian, and other existing societies, their religious creeds, social practices, numbers, industries, and present condition

Nordhoff's Communistic societies is a non-traditional look into 19th century America In particular, it investigates the variety of communes across the United States in the 1874 I say communes because they were small groups living together and sharing property Today, the phrase for commune is "intentional community" At the time the book was written, the phrase was "communistic society"Most of the groups surveyed in the book were Christian religious communes The groups include: the Harmonists of Economy Pennsylvania, the Shakers, the Separatists of Zoar, and th"ocken Books, 1971. 4th Printing. Fair. The communistic societies of the United States; from personal visit and observation including detailed accounts of the Economists, Zoarites, Shakers, the Amana, Oneida, Bethel, Aurora, Icarian, and other existing societies, their rel