American communalism is not a disjointed, erratic, almost ephemeral part of our past, but an on-going, essential part of American history. This important study
This important study begins with America's first secular utopia at New Harmony in 1824 and traces successive utopian experiments in the United States through th
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the rele
American Community takes us inside forty of our nation's most interesting experiments in collective living, from the colonial era to the present day. By shining
An insightful look at the long tradition of communal societies in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their ideological foundations,
