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The Utopian Alternative : Fourierism in Nineteenth-Century America /

The utopian socialism of Charles Fourier spread throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was in the United States that it generated the most intense excitement. In this rich and engaging narrative, Carl J. Guarneri traces the American Fourierist movement from its roots in the religiou...

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Autor principal: Guarneri, Carl, 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Cover; The Utopian Alternative; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; I ORIGINS OF AMERICAN FOURIERISM; 1. Fourierism Crosses the Atlantic; 2. Apostles of Association; 3· Roots of Popular Participation; II THE DOCTRINE OF ASSOCIATION; 4· Association and American Society; 5· The Utopian Alternative; III BUILDING THE NEW INDUSTRIAL WORLD; 6. The Communitarian Boom and Bust; 7· Life in the Phalanxes; 8. Organizing a National Movement; 9· The Problem of Slavery; 10. The Movement Retreats; 11. Campaigns with Labor; 12. The Last Communities.
  • IV THE DECLINE AND EVOLUTION OF UTOPIA13. The Fading of the Utopian Dream; 14. New Directions of the 1850s; 15. Fourierism and the Coming of the Civil War; 16. The Fourierist Legacy; Appendix: Tables, Figures, Maps; Abbreviations and Short Forms Used in Notes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.