California's Utopian Colonies

1st Edition (Huntington Library - 1953). VERY GOOD on a fair mylar protected dust jacket. No marks in text. DJ has a few tears and missing paper on front and spine. Binding is tight and square. xi, 209 pages : illustrations, portraits, map (on lining papers) ; 24 cm. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Westward the Course of Utopia -- 2.) Fountain Grove -- 3.) Theosophical Colonies: Point Loma and Temple Home -- 4.) The Icaria Speranza Commune -- 5.) The Kaweah Co-operative Commonwealth -- 6.) Altruria -- 7.) Llano del Rio -- 8.0) Colonies in Short and After a Fashion: 8.1) Mormons at San Bernardino -- 8.2) Modjeska's Polish Brook Farm -- 8.3) Joyful -- 8.4) Winters Island -- 8.5) Little Landers -- 8.6) Fellowship Farm -- 8.7) Army of Industry -- 8.8) Pisgah Grande -- 8.9) Holy City -- 8.10) Tuolumne Farms -- 9.11) Utopian Colonies in California -- 10.) Bibliographical Note -- * Index. . . . . . . FROM THE DUST JACKET FLAP: California during the last hundred years contributed to the utopian heritage more colonies than any other American state. Although varied in backgrounds religious, secular, co-operative, socialistic, Theosophical, Marxian - they all established new patterns of living and envisioned *a resplendent, reformed mankind gathered in the ideal society* Each experimented with marriage, the raising of children, education, work, religion, or government; and their successes or disappointments provide valuable lessons for our time. Nevertheless, the human story remains paramount. These were men and women lifted by transcendent hope, grounded by failure, yet preserving faith in the experiments and in the future of mankind.

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Publisher: The Huntington Library

Year: 1953

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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