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All Things in Common : A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia /

"In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few closely related families established a utopian community in Canada's smallest province. Known officially as B. Compton Limited but described by a journalist in 1935 as "Prince Edward Island's unique 'brotherly love' c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brouwer, Ruth Compton (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : University of Toronto Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Part I: Unsettled Maritimers. 1. Loyalist William and His Namesake in the Maritime Colonies : "Movement Became a Habit" -- 2. The Comptons and Colonial Prince Edward Island : Settlement and Spirituality -- 3. On the Road Again : Sojourners and Religious Renegades in the Post-Confederation Era -- Part II: Prince Edward Island's Unique "Brotherly Love" Community. 4. The Founding and Growth of an Island Utopia -- 5. Living in Community : Family, Faith, and Fame -- 6. Restiveness Within, Pressures from Without : The Road to Dissolution -- 7. Life beyond Community : Diverse Paths in an Era of Change -- Concluding Reflections. 
520 |a "In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few closely related families established a utopian community in Canada's smallest province. Known officially as B. Compton Limited but described by a journalist in 1935 as "Prince Edward Island's unique 'brotherly love' community," this utopia owed its longevity to the cohesion provided by its communal organization, dense kin ties, and long-held millenarianism - and to a decidedly pragmatic approach to business. All Things in Common demonstrates how "un-utopian" such a community could be while problematizing the contention that the inevitable end of all utopian experiments is a full-blown dystopia. Beginning with a compelling backstory and locating the Compton community in the historiography of North American utopias, the author goes on to explore the community's business endeavours, its religious, familial, and transgressive aspects, and its brief period of international fame before assessing the factors that led to its dissolution in 1947. Providing a strong narrative framework, All Things in Common draws on rich family and archival records and diverse secondary sources, concluding with a consideration of the community's legacy for its alumni and their descendants."--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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