American Community : Radical Experiments in Intentional Living.

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Mainstream notions of the "American Dream" usually revolve around the ownership of private property, a house of one's own. Yet for the past 400 years, a large number of Americans have dared to dream bigger and bolder, choosing to live in intentional communities that pooled resources,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ferrara, Mark S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
Communal living > United States > History.
Collective settlements > United States > History.
Utopias > United States > History.
Communes (Contre-culture) > États-Unis > Histoire.
Communautés > États-Unis > Histoire.
Utopies > États-Unis > Histoire.
HISTORY / General.
Collective settlements
Communal living
Utopias
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction: Community of Goods in the Colonies
  • 1 Revolution and Social Reformation
  • 2 Sleeping Cars, Spiritualism, and Cooperatives
  • 3 Theosophy, Depression, and the New Deal
  • 4 Hippies, Arcology, and Ecovillages
  • Afterword: The Next Wave
  • Acknowledgments
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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