Brook Farm : the dark side of utopia / Sterling F. Delano.
2004
HX656.B8 D45 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Brook Farm : the dark side of utopia / Sterling F. Delano.
Author
Delano, Sterling F., 1942-
ISBN
0674011600 (alk. paper)
9780674011601 (alk. paper)
9780674011601 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xvii, 428 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number
HX656.B8 D45 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.77/09744/61
Summary
"Life at Brook Farm resembled an Arcadian adventure, in which the days began with the choir singing Mozart and Haydn and ended with drama and dancing. But how accurate is this image? In the first comprehensive examination of the famous utopian community in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Sterling Delano reveals a surprisingly grim side to paradise as the Brook Farmers faced relentless financial pressures, a declining faith in their leaders, and smoldering class antagonisms." From the bookjacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-414) and index.
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Table of Contents
"Fermenting and effervescing"
Beginnings
Organization
The seeds of fourierism
The winds of change
Reorganization
The second dispensation
From association to phalanx
The Harbinger
"Our severest crisis"
Fire
Beginning of the end
Back to Boston
"Done with Brook Farm."
Beginnings
Organization
The seeds of fourierism
The winds of change
Reorganization
The second dispensation
From association to phalanx
The Harbinger
"Our severest crisis"
Fire
Beginning of the end
Back to Boston
"Done with Brook Farm."