{"product_id":"the-utopian-alternative-9780801481970","title":"The Utopian Alternative","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe utopian socialism of Charles Fourier spread throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was in the United States that it generated the most intense excitement. In this rich and engaging narrative, Carl J. Guarneri traces the American...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Utopian Alternative \u003c\/i\u003eis soundly researched, deftly crafted, and engagingly written. And it is sufficiently broad and balanced to make it a book that no scholar interested in the uncertain leap of the United States into modern capitalist culture can afford to overlook.\u003c\/p\u003e * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarl Guarneri has vastly advanced our understanding of American 'Utopianism' with this magisterial study of its most important secular manifestation, the Fourierite movement.\u003c\/p\u003e * Reviews in American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work should stand as a scholarly landmark for another half-century.\u003c\/p\u003e * American Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this book, Carl Guarneri takes his place as one of the leading American historians of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e * The Annals of Iowa *","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405163307351,"sku":"9780801481970","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801481970.jpg?v=1730488947","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-utopian-alternative-9780801481970","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}