The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation

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Author

Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901

Credits

E-text prepared by Eric Eldred, Marvin A. Hodges, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

HX: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism

Subject

Collective settlements -- United States

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 8116

Release Date

May 1, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES — TO MY FRIENDS, DOCTOR AND MRS. JOHN DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI. — TABLE OF CONTENTS — INTRODUCTION — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.THE INSPIRATIONISTS,
4. 4.THE AMANA COMMUNITY. — I. — II.—HISTORICAL. — III.—AMANA—1874. — IV.—RELIGION AND LITERATURE.
5. 5.THE HARMONY SOCIETY, — THE HARMONY SOCIETY. — I.—ECONOMY IN 1874. — II.—HISTORICAL. — III.—DOCTRINES AND PRACTICAL LIFE IN ECONOMY; WITH SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP."
6. 6.THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS, — THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS AT ZOAR. — I.—HISTORY. — II.—RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICAL LIFE.
7. 7.THE SHAKERS. — I. — II.—"MOTHER ANN." — III.—THE ORDER OF LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS. — IV.—A VISIT TO MOUNT LEBANON. — TABLE MONITOR. — POPULATION RETURNS OF THE SHAKER SOCIETIES.
8. 8.THE PERFECTIONISTS OF ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD. — THE PERFECTIONISTS OF ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD — I.—HISTORICAL. — II.—RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND FAITH-CURES. — III.—DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. — IV.—SUNDAY AT THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF "CRITICISM."
9. 9.THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES. — II.—BETHEL.
10. 10.THE ICARIANS, — THE ICARIANS.
11. 11.THE BISHOP HILL COMMUNE.
12. 12.THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNITY. — "PREAMBLE." — "CONSTITUTION." — "ARTICLE I." — "ARTICLE II." — "ARTICLE III." — "ARTICLE IV."
13. 13.THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY.
14. 14.COLONIES WHICH ARE NOT COMMUNISTIC. — COLONIES—NOT COMMUNISTIC.
15. 15.A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNES. — COMPARATIVE VIEW. — II.—COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY.
16. 16.III.—CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE; INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE.
17. 17.IV.—CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OP COMMUNISTIC LIVING.
18. 18.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
19. 19.INDEX. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. — J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — O. — P. — Q. — R. — S. — T. — U. — V. — W. — Y. — Z.

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