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The Communitarian Moment : The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association /
In 1842 a group of radical abolitionists formed a community in Northampton, Massachusetts, in order to pioneer "a better and purer state of society." Calling themselves the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, they envisioned a world free of poverty and inequality, religious...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca, NY :
Cornell University Press,
[2019]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations
- Preface
- 1. "One Common Enterprise"
- 2. Founders, Origins, and Contexts
- 3. "They Will Soon Convince the World": Shelter, Base, and Mission
- 4. "To Live in the Common Cause": Life in Community
- 5. The Business of Utopia: Output, Silk, and Debt
- 6. "Too Despotic Power": Members and Leaders
- 7. From Community to Factory Village
- 8. The Communitarian Moment
- Abbreviations Used in the Notes
- Notes
- Index