Backwoods Utopias: the Sectarian and Owenite Phases of Communitarian Socialism in America, 1663-1829
by Bestor, Arthur Eugene
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- near fine
- Hardcover
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- Near Fine/No Jacket
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1950 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. xi, 288 pp, preface, I. The Communitarian Point of Vies; II. Holy Commonwearths: The Communitive Sects; III. Transmitting the Communitarian Tradition to the Nineteenth Century; IV. Robert Owen's New View of Society; The Reeption of Owenism in America; VI. Educational Allies of Communitarianism; VII. New Harmony: A Study in Dissonance; VIII. The Owenite Legacy; Ajppendix: Checklists of Communitarian Experiments Initiated in the United States Before 1860; bibliographical essay, index. American Historical Association First Edition, 1950. "The author presents a wide variety of historical evidence showing the connection between the religious or sectarian communities of the colonial period in America, and the purely secular communitarian movements of the nineteenth century." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Inked name on ffep. Minor wear to edges dj. lighlty age-toned text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Blue-textured weave cloth with gilt figure encircled by gilt oval and gilt lettering (The Beverider Memorial Fund) on front board, and gilt lettering to spine..
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- Title
- Backwoods Utopias: the Sectarian and Owenite Phases of Communitarian Socialism in America, 1663-1829
- Author
- Bestor, Arthur Eugene
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- U.S. HISTORY UTOPIAN MOVEMENTS COMMUNITARIAN SOCIALISM 1663-1829 SECTARIAN AND OWENITE PHASES
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- U. S. HISTORY;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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