American Communities (Classic Reprint): Revised Edition; Enlarged to Include Additional Societies, New and Old, Communistic, Semi-Communistic and Co-Operative - Couverture souple

William Alfred Hinds

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1333065590 ISBN 13 : 9781333065591

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore the rise of communities built on shared work, shared wealth, and cooperative living. This concise survey examines historical experiments in communitarian living, from early religious groups to modern cooperative unions, and explains how these societies grew, dissolved, or evolved.

Drawing on documented histories and contemporary writings, the book traces the ideas, plans, and daily life of people who pursued a new way of organizing work, property, and community. It highlights the motivations, debates, and practical challenges behind these movements, offering readers a clear view of what such experiments hoped to achieve and where they fell short.

• Profiles of notable colonies, unions, and cooperative ventures across the United States.


• Key principles of communal life, shared ownership, and the balance between individual rights and collective welfare.


• Accounts of leadership, governance, and the everyday realities of working together.


• Context for how religious, political, and economic ideas shaped experiments in social reform.

Ideal for readers curious about social reform, cooperative movements, and the historical roots of collective living.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1333065590
• ISBN 13: 9781333065591
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 469
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