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Offers an overview of 19th century utopian communities in the heartland from the first Shaker village near Dayton, Ohio, built in 1807, to the 1903 incorporation and ensuing stormy history of The House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

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"Finally the American Midwest has received long-overdue recognition as the prime center of American utopian communalism. Robert Sutton has greatly expanded our understanding of the communal spirit and of the geography of communalism with this work that is the fruit of a lifetime of scholarship."—Timothy Miller, University of Kansas



Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Introduction
1. Shaker Villages
2. New Harmony
3. Other Separatist Communities
4. Fourierist Phalanxes
5. Icaria
6. Hutterite Bruderhofs
7. Chicago Area Utopias
8. Contemporary Heartland Utopias
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Heartland Utopias

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 10 June 2009
      ISBN-13 9780875804019
      978-0875804019
      ISBN-10 0875804012
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      History of religion

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Offers an overview of 19th century utopian communities in the heartland from the first Shaker village near Dayton, Ohio, built in 1807, to the 1903 incorporation and ensuing stormy history of The House of David in Benton Harbor, Michigan.

      Trade Review

      "Finally the American Midwest has received long-overdue recognition as the prime center of American utopian communalism. Robert Sutton has greatly expanded our understanding of the communal spirit and of the geography of communalism with this work that is the fruit of a lifetime of scholarship."—Timothy Miller, University of Kansas



      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Introduction
      1. Shaker Villages
      2. New Harmony
      3. Other Separatist Communities
      4. Fourierist Phalanxes
      5. Icaria
      6. Hutterite Bruderhofs
      7. Chicago Area Utopias
      8. Contemporary Heartland Utopias
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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