Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America
Original title: History of American Socialisms

Noyes, John Humphrey

Publisher: Dover Publications, New York, USA
Year First Published: {12447 Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America STRANGE CULTS AND UTOPIAS OF 19TH CENTURY AMERICA Original title: History of American Socialisms Noyes, John Humphrey Dover Publications New York USA Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States. 1870 1966 678pp BC12447s-StrangeCults.jpg B Book 0-486-21581-4 335.02 Written by the founder of Oneida, John Humphrey Noyes, with the help of A.J. Macdonald's notes, Strange Cults & Utopias of 19th Century America (originally titled History of American Socialisms) is a collection of research on socialist experiments in the United States. Over 60 communities are included from the years 1724 to 1855. Some of these were successful and survived past the publication of this book, while others fell apart. Noyes includes all, whether surviving or dead, to incorporate Macdonald's research and to provide guiding information for future communist leaders. While some communities only merited a single page in the volume, Macdonald attempted to gather information about the origins, principles, goals, strengths and weaknesses of each group. He explores their methods of earning money and sharing the land. Participant communities informed him about their structure, including the necessary trades and occupations among members, the initiation process, and the leadership roles. The religious beliefs of each community are also explored for their impact on community life. Some communities were atheist, while others retained various faiths. The goal of the book is to warn against the factors that led to the failure of these communities, and to point out what was done well. As such, future communities can organize themselves accordingly and improve their chances of creating a better, alternative lifestyle. Macdonald aimed "to help waken dreamers, to guide lost wanderers, to convince skeptics, to reassure the hopeful." [Abstract by Mia Manns] Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Birds-eye View 3. Theory of National Experience 4. New Harmony 5. Inquest on New Harmony 6. Yellow Springs Community 7. Nashoba 8. Seven Epitaphs 9. Owen's General Career 10. Connecting Links 11. Channing's Brook Farm 12. Hopedale 13. The Religious Communities 14. The Northampton Association 15. The Skaneateles Community 16. Social Architects 17. Fundamentals of Socialism 18. Literature of Fourierism 19. The Personnel of Fourierism 20. The Sylvania Association 21. Other Pennsylvania Experiments 22. The Volcanic District 23. The Clarkson Phalanx 24. The Sodus Bay Phalanx 25. Other New York Experiments 26. The Marlboro Association 27. Prairie Home Community 28. The Trumbull Phalanx 29. The Ohio Phalanx 30. The Clermont Phalanx 31. The Integral Phalanx 32. The Alphdelphia Phalanx 33. La Grange Phalanx 34. Other Western Experiments 35. The Wisconsin Phalanx 36. The North American Phalanx 37. Life at the North American 38. End of the North American 39. Conversion of Brook Farm 40. Brook Farm and Fourierism 41. Brook Farm and Swedenborgianism 42. The End of Brook Farm 43. The Spiritualist Communities 44. The Brocton Community 45. The Shakers 46. The Oneida Community 47. Review and Results 48. Two Schools of Socialism CX6587 1 false true false CX6587.htm [0xc000e38d50 0xc000e6a000 0xc000eaf020 0xc000177560 0xc0023ffce0 0xc00033ed80 0xc00033f4a0 0xc0000f5890 0xc00054f710 0xc001305740 0xc000b18b40 0xc0018ec8d0 0xc002555aa0 0xc00249e570 0xc0001e8780 0xc00193bf20 0xc001fa72c0 0xc001fa7f80 0xc0028a2b70 0xc0028deba0 0xc0028f1860 0xc00291edb0] Cx}
Year Published: 1966
Pages: 678pp ISBN: 0-486-21581-4
Dewey: 335.02
Resource Type: Book
Cx Number: CX6587

Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States.

Abstract:
Written by the founder of Oneida, John Humphrey Noyes, with the help of A.J. Macdonald's notes, Strange Cults & Utopias of 19th Century America (originally titled History of American Socialisms) is a collection of research on socialist experiments in the United States. Over 60 communities are included from the years 1724 to 1855. Some of these were successful and survived past the publication of this book, while others fell apart. Noyes includes all, whether surviving or dead, to incorporate Macdonald's research and to provide guiding information for future communist leaders. While some communities only merited a single page in the volume, Macdonald attempted to gather information about the origins, principles, goals, strengths and weaknesses of each group. He explores their methods of earning money and sharing the land. Participant communities informed him about their structure, including the necessary trades and occupations among members, the initiation process, and the leadership roles. The religious beliefs of each community are also explored for their impact on community life. Some communities were atheist, while others retained various faiths. The goal of the book is to warn against the factors that led to the failure of these communities, and to point out what was done well. As such, future communities can organize themselves accordingly and improve their chances of creating a better, alternative lifestyle. Macdonald aimed "to help waken dreamers, to guide lost wanderers, to convince skeptics, to reassure the hopeful."

[Abstract by Mia Manns]

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Birds-eye View
3. Theory of National Experience
4. New Harmony
5. Inquest on New Harmony
6. Yellow Springs Community
7. Nashoba
8. Seven Epitaphs
9. Owen's General Career
10. Connecting Links
11. Channing's Brook Farm
12. Hopedale
13. The Religious Communities
14. The Northampton Association
15. The Skaneateles Community
16. Social Architects
17. Fundamentals of Socialism
18. Literature of Fourierism
19. The Personnel of Fourierism
20. The Sylvania Association
21. Other Pennsylvania Experiments
22. The Volcanic District
23. The Clarkson Phalanx
24. The Sodus Bay Phalanx
25. Other New York Experiments
26. The Marlboro Association
27. Prairie Home Community
28. The Trumbull Phalanx
29. The Ohio Phalanx
30. The Clermont Phalanx
31. The Integral Phalanx
32. The Alphdelphia Phalanx
33. La Grange Phalanx
34. Other Western Experiments
35. The Wisconsin Phalanx
36. The North American Phalanx
37. Life at the North American
38. End of the North American
39. Conversion of Brook Farm
40. Brook Farm and Fourierism
41. Brook Farm and Swedenborgianism
42. The End of Brook Farm
43. The Spiritualist Communities
44. The Brocton Community
45. The Shakers
46. The Oneida Community
47. Review and Results
48. Two Schools of Socialism

Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century AmericaOriginal title: History of American Socialisms

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Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America
Original title: History of American Socialisms