Utopian Episodes: Daily Life in Experimental Colonies Dedicated to Changing the World (Utopianism and Communitarianism Series)
by Kesten, Seymour R
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0815625936
- ISBN 13
- 9780815625933
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Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1993. 1st printing; dj in mylar; black c lw/gilt spine titles; owner's name; 356 clean, unmarked pages/bibliography/index...Focusing on three of the best known communal experiments of the 19th-century America New Harmony, Indiana; Brook Farm, Massachusetts; and Icarian Communities in Iowa and Illinois provides a rare inside look at dress, work, food, individual activities, and other aspects of daily life. Only in the past few decades have the grandchildren of the communitarians overcome their embarrassment and brought out the old diaries, memoirs, and letters. Like all historians before him, Kesten cannot help but explain why the communes failed Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by B/W Illus; Facsimile Documents, Etc. 8 Vo.
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- Title
- Utopian Episodes: Daily Life in Experimental Colonies Dedicated to Changing the World (Utopianism and Communitarianism Series)
- Author
- Kesten, Seymour R
- Illustrator
- B/W Illus; Facsimile Documents, Etc
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0815625936
- ISBN 13
- 9780815625933
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Place of Publication
- Syracuse, New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- Communes; Collectives; New Harmony, Indiana; Brook Farm, Massachusetts; and Icarian Communities in Iowa and Illinois
- Size
- 8 Vo
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