America's Communal Utopias

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Donald E. Pitzer
Univ of North Carolina Press, 1997 - 537 Seiten
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The co
 

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Communitarian Societies in Colonial America
14
The Shakers of Mother Ann Lee
37
Communal Life and Values among
135
Religious Orders and Monastic Communalism in America
204
Eric Jansson and the Bishop Hill Colony
297
Four Centuries of Hutterite Faith
319
American Jewish Agricultural Colonies
352
Cyrus Reed Teed and the Koreshan Unity
375
Father Divine and the Peace Mission
432
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Donald E. Pitzer, professor of history and director of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana, is a founder and former executive director of the Communal Studies Association.

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