THE INSPIRATIONISTS, AT AMANA, IOWA 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. 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. 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 STATESFROM PERSONAL VISIT AND OBSERVATIONBY CHARLES NORDHOFFTO MY FRIENDS, DOCTOR AND MRS. JOHN DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI.[Illustration: VIEWS IN ZOAR.] TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONSUBJECTS OF THE INQUIRY THE CONDITION AND NECESSITIES OF LABOR MISTAKE OF THE TRADES-UNIONS REASONS FOR IT LABOR SOCIETIES, AS AT PRESENT MANAGED, MISCHIEVOUSTHE AMANA SOCIETYITS HISTORY AND ORIGIN AMANA IN 1874 SOCIAL HABITS AND CUSTOMS RELIGION AND LITERATURETHE HARMONISTS AT ECONOMYECONOMY IN 1874 HISTORY OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY ITS RELIGIOUS CREED PRACTICAL LIFE SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP"THE SEPARATISTS OF ZOARORIGIN AND HISTORY THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH PRACTICAL LIFE AND PRESENT CONDITIONTHE 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 PERFECTIONISTSORIGIN AND HISTORY THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUNDAY AT ONEIDA "CRITICISM" AND "PRAYER-CURES"THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNESAURORA IN OREGON BETHEL IN MISSOURI THEIR HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS FAITHTHE ICARIANSTHE BISHOP HILL COLONYITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY CAUSES OF ITS FAILURETHE CEDAR VALE COMMUNETHE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITYTHREE COLONIES—NOT COMMUNISTICANAHEIM, IN CALIFORNIA VINELAND, IN NEW JERSEY SILKVILLE PRAIRIE HOME, IN KANSASCOMPARATIVE VIEW AND REVIEWSTATISTICAL COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNISTIC LIVINGBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEXLIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSVIEWS 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.] |