Sabotaged : Dreams of Utopia in Texas /

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"Sabotaged is the account of French, Swiss, and Belgian intellectuals who followed Victor Considerant to Texas in 1855 in a quixotic attempt to fulfill their dreams of a new life in a utopia"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pratt, James, 1927- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Fourier, Charles, > 1772-1837.
Considerant, Victor, > 1808-1893.
Fourier, Charles, > 1772-1837 > Influence.
Utopias.
Utopian socialism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Collective settlements.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Communautes > Texas > Histoire.
Socialisme utopique > Texas > Histoire.
Utopies > Texas > Histoire.
Collective settlements > Texas > History.
Utopian socialism > Texas > History.
Utopias > Texas > History.
Texas.
La Reunion (Tex.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Charles Fourier's philosophy
  • The doctor's community
  • A better site for a Phalanstere
  • First emissaries to the frontier
  • Preparations and the view from Paris
  • Preparations and the view from Guise
  • Preparations and the view from Brussels
  • Preparations and the view from Chapelle Gaugain
  • Preparations and the view from New York
  • Finding land
  • Sailing to America
  • Expectations
  • Storm clouds
  • From sails to steam to feet
  • From Houston to the three forks
  • First days building and the bloom of June
  • Confronting the vision
  • Trying out life
  • Considerant and Texas politics
  • Downward slide
  • Demise
  • Endings and new beginning
  • Afterword: Reunion influences on Dallas.

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