Ferrara Mark S. Ferrara

American Community (eBook, ePUB)

Radical Experiments in Intentional Living

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mainstream notions of the "e;American Dream"e; usually revolve around the ownership of private property, a house of one's own. Yet for the past 400 years, a large number of Americans have dared to dream bigger and bolder, choosing to live in intentional communities that pooled resources, and they worked to ensure the well-being of all their members. American Community takes us inside forty of the most interesting intentional communities in the nation s history, from the colonial era to the present day. You will learn about such little-known experiments in cooperative living as the Icarian communities, which took the utopian ideas expounded in a 1840 French novel and put them into practice, ultimately spreading to five states over fifty years. Plus, it covers more recent communities such as Arizona s Arcosanti, designed by architect Paolo Soleri as a model for ecologically sustainable living. In this provocative and engaging book, Mark Ferrara guides readers through an array of intentional communities that boldly challenged capitalist economic arrangements in order to attain ideals of harmony, equality, and social justice. By shining a light on these forgotten histories, it shows that far from being foreign concepts, communitarianism and socialism have always been vital parts of the American experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978808249
• Artikelnr.: 72430405

Autorenporträt

MARK S. FERRARA is associate professor of English at the State University of New York and author of several books, including Palace of Ashes (2015), Sacred Bliss (2016), and New Seeds of Profit (2019). He lives with his wife in an intentional community dedicated to sustainable living and experiential learning in upstate New York.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Community of Goods in the Colonies Ephrata
Zwaanendael
Bohemia Manor 1 Revolution and Social Reformation Zoar
Modern Times
New Harmony
Hopedale
Skaneateles
Bishop Hill
Icarian Communities 2 Sleeping Cars, Spiritualism, and Cooperatives Pullman
Brotherhood of the New Life
Rugby Colony
Belton Woman's Commonwealth
Mound Bayou
Kaweah Cooperative Commonwealth
Ruskin Colony 3 Theosophy, Depression, and the New Deal Point Loma
Llano del Rio
Arthurdale
Phoenix Homesteads
Aberdeen Gardens
Greendale
Greenhills
Greenbelt
Celo Community
Hospitality Houses
Sunrise Cooperative Farm 4 Hippies, Arcology, and Ecovillages Endicott-Johnson
La Honda
Drop City
Libre
Morning Star Ranch
Wheeler's Ranch
Chosen Family
The Farm
Womanshare Collective
Mulberry Family
Arcosanti
EcoVillage Ithaca Afterword: The Next Wave Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index