American Community

Radical Experiments in Intentional Living

Mark S. Ferrara (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

234 Seiten

2019
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-0823-2 (ISBN)

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Takes us inside forty of the most interesting intentional communities in America’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 and more recent communities such as Arizona’s Arcosanti, designed by architect Paolo Soleri.

Mainstream notions of the “American Dream” 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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2019
Zusatzinfo	38 color photographs
Verlagsort	New Brunswick NJ
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-9788-0823-2 / 1978808232
ISBN-13	978-1-9788-0823-2 / 9781978808232
Zustand	Neuware