The Communistic Societies of the United States / From Personal Visit and Observation

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INTRODUCTION

THE INSPIRATIONISTS, AT AMANA, IOWA

THE AMANA COMMUNITY. I.

THE HARMONY SOCIETY, AT ECONOMY, PA. THE HARMONY SOCIETY. I. ECONOMY IN 1874.

THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS, AT ZOAR, OHIO. THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS AT ZOAR. I. HISTORY.

THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES.

THE ICARIANS, NEAR CORNING, IOWA. THE ICARIANS.

THE BISHOP HILL COMMUNE.

THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNITY.

THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY.

COLONIES WHICH ARE NOT COMMUNISTIC. COLONIES NOT COMMUNISTIC.

A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES OF THE AMERICAN

III. CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE; INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE.

IV. CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OP COMMUNISTIC LIVING.

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

INDEX. A.

Title: The Communistic Societies of the United States

Author: Charles Nordhoff

Edition: 10

Language: English

E-text prepared by Eric Eldred, Marvin A. Hodges, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES

FROM PERSONAL VISIT AND OBSERVATION

BY CHARLES NORDHOFF

TO MY FRIENDS, DOCTOR AND MRS. JOHN DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI.

[Illustration: VIEWS IN ZOAR.]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

SUBJECTS OF THE INQUIRY THE CONDITION AND NECESSITIES OF LABOR MISTAKE OF THE TRADES-UNIONS REASONS FOR IT LABOR SOCIETIES, AS AT PRESENT MANAGED, MISCHIEVOUS

THE AMANA SOCIETY

ITS HISTORY AND ORIGIN AMANA IN 1874 SOCIAL HABITS AND CUSTOMS RELIGION AND LITERATURE

THE HARMONISTS AT ECONOMY

ECONOMY IN 1874 HISTORY OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY ITS RELIGIOUS CREED PRACTICAL LIFE SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP"

THE SEPARATISTS OF ZOAR

ORIGIN AND HISTORY THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH PRACTICAL LIFE AND PRESENT CONDITION

THE SHAKERS

"MOTHER ANN" THE ORDER OF LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS A VISIT TO MOUNT LEBANON DETAILS OF ALL THE SHAKER SOCIETIES SHAKER LITERATURE "SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS"

THE ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD PERFECTIONISTS

ORIGIN AND HISTORY THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUNDAY AT ONEIDA "CRITICISM" AND "PRAYER-CURES"

THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES

AURORA IN OREGON BETHEL IN MISSOURI THEIR HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS FAITH

THE ICARIANS

THE BISHOP HILL COLONY

ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY CAUSES OF ITS FAILURE

THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNE

THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY

THREE COLONIES—NOT COMMUNISTIC

ANAHEIM, IN CALIFORNIA VINELAND, IN NEW JERSEY SILKVILLE PRAIRIE HOME, IN KANSAS

COMPARATIVE VIEW AND REVIEW

STATISTICAL COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNISTIC LIVING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VIEWS IN ZOAR MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES GRACE BEFORE MEAT—AMANA SCHOOL-HOUSE—AMANA AMANA, A GENERAL VIEW CHURCH AT AMANA INTERIOR VIEW OF CHURCH PLAN OF THE INSPIRATIONIST VILLAGES ASSEMBLY HALL—ECONOMY CHURCH AT ECONOMY A STREET VIEW IN ECONOMY FATHER RAPP'S HOUSE—ECONOMY CHURCH AT ZOAR SCHOOL-HOUSE AT ZOAR A GROUP OF SHAKERS THE FIRST SHAKER CHURCH, AT MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER ARCHITECTURE—MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER ARCHITECTURE—ENFIELD, N. H. SHAKER WOMEN AT WORK SHAKER COSTUMES SHAKER WORSHIP.—THE DANCE SISTERS IN EVERY-DAY COSTUME ELDER FREDERICK W. EVANS VIEW OF A SHAKER VILLAGE THE HERB-HOUSE—MOUNT LEBANON MEETING-HOUSE AT MOUNT LEBANON INTERIOR OF MEETING-HOUSE AT MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER TANNERY—MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER OFFICE AND STORE AT MOUNT LEBANON A SHAKER ELDER A GROUP OF SHAKER CHILDREN SHAKER DINING-HALL A SHAKER SCHOOL SHAKER MUSIC-HALL J. H. NOYES, FOUNDER OF THE PERFECTIONISTS COSTUMES AT ONEIDA THE BETHEL COMMUNE, MISSOURI CHURCH AT BETHEL, MISSOURI

[Illustration: MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES.]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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