Utopian episodes: daily life in experimental colonies dedicated to changing the world
Decades before the communes of the sixties, nineteenth-century radicals set up isolated colonies where they hoped to insulate themselves from a corrupt mainstream America. Throughout the country experimental utopian settlements promised to fulfill the lives of ordinary citizens through abundance, eq...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Decades before the communes of the sixties, nineteenth-century radicals set up isolated colonies where they hoped to insulate themselves from a corrupt mainstream America. Throughout the country experimental utopian settlements promised to fulfill the lives of ordinary citizens through abundance, equality, and free education. Utopian Episodes tells why these early, freethinking rebels could never fully achieve their goals, but how their legacy has become an integral part of today's movement for social reform. Seymour Kesten focuses on three of the most renowned colonies: New-Harmony, Indiana; Brook Farm, Massachusetts; and Icarian Communities in Iowa and Illinois. Many more experimental groups are also discussed, including Alphadelphia in Michigan, Fruitlands and Hopedale in Massachusetts, Ohio Phalanx, and La Reunion (now Dallas, Texas). Unlike other studies on similar groups, Kesten's book gives us a unique insider's view into the day-to-day lives of these American radicals and thus provides a study of the human spirit. He lets us see utopian life through the eyes of those who knew it firsthand. A look at individuals' activities, work, dress, and food brings us into the realm of their souls. He draws on rare memoirs and early accounts (some published here for the first time) by well-known participants, including A. Bronson Alcott, Horace Greeley, and George Ripley, as well as relatively unknown colonists, such as Albert Brisbane, John Dwight, Elijah Grant, and Amelia Russell. The book spans the rebirth of an intellectual movement and explores the newspapers, literature, poetry, and music of its social consciousness. Education for the masses was the essence of the utopian process, for it alone, they believed, would regenerate a civic-minded, compassionate society. Ultimately, they would eradicate evil, which was the goal of every colony. |
| Beschreibung: | XII, 344 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0815603819 0815625936 |
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Illustrations ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 3
1. The Who, What, When, and Where of the
Utopian Episodes
The Mentors of Social Reorganization / The Move¬
ment and Its Colonies / A Few Words about Words 9
2. The Spur to a Utopian Life
The Evils of Society / Expectations and Promises /
Happiness 27
3. Daily Life: The Necessities
The Workday and Work / Food and Food Beliefs /
Shelter / Dress and Personal Style 41
4. Civic Life: Freedom, Tolerance, Equality, and Fraternity
Personal Freedom / Freedom of Conscience /
Tolerance / Equality and Fraternity 71
5. Life for Women
Five Positive Aspects / Four Negative Aspects /
Guilt by Association 93
6. Life for the Future: Education
Raising the New Generation / Educating the
Older Generation 113
7. The Life of the Mind
Intellectual Environment and Membership / Intellect
and Activities / Activities and the Individual /
Reading 140
viii Contents
8. Life in Music
Spontaneous Music / Songs of Social Reorganization /
Planned Musical Activities / Dissonance in Music 174
9. Life in Words
News and Propaganda / Propaganda and Its Costs /
Principles and Prose / Poses and Poetry / The
Romantic Spirit 217
10. After Life: Failure and Success
Factors That Precluded Success / Aftermath /
Legacies / Postscript 264
Appendixes:
A. Brief Notes about People Frequently Mentioned 299
B. Colony Names, Locations, and Principal
Newspapers 301
Notes 303
Bibliography 317
Index 333
Illustrations
1. Lithograph of a Phalanx 2
2. Sketch of a log cabin 2
3. Menu from North American Phalanx s restaurant 51
4. Alphadelphia s appraisal of Henry D. Hall s property 78
5. Work opportunities for Alphadelphia s women members 102
6. Standard working hours in Alphadelphia 103
7. Cabet s credo typographically set in a diamond shape 142 43
8. Occupations of Alphadelphia s members 148
9. Ma Commune, an Icarian song 188
10. Vive l harmonie, an Icarian song 190
11. Hymne a la Concorde, an Icarian song 191
12. A broadside from Cabet s arsenal of propaganda 224
Table
Divisions Within the Movement for Social
Reorganization 17
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