Experimental Americans : Celo and Utopian community in the twentieth century / George L. Hicks.
2001
HX656.C45 H53 2001 (Mapit)
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Title
Experimental Americans : Celo and Utopian community in the twentieth century / George L. Hicks.
ISBN
0252026616 (alk. paper)
9780252026614 (alk. paper)
9780252026614 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2001.
Language
English
Description
x, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
HX656.C45 H53 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
335/.9756873
Summary
"From colonial times to the present, the United States has been home to a steady stream of utopian experimental communities. In Experimental Americans, George L. Hicks takes us inside one of the longer-lived of such communities, Celo Community in western North Carolina, to explore the dynamics of intentional communities in America."
"Founded in 1937 by Arthur Morgan, first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Celo (pronounced see-lo) established its own rules of land tenure and taxation, conducted its internal business by consensus and did not require its members to accept any particular ideology or religious creed. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Celo and among its local neighbors, consultation of Celo's documentary records, and interviews with ex-members, Hicks traces the Community's ups and downs.
Attacked for its opposition to World War II, Celo was revived by pacifists released from prisons and Civilian Public Service camps after the war; debilitated in the 1950s by bitter feuds with ex-members, it was buoyed up in the 1960s by the radical enthusiasm of new currents in the nation."--Jacket.
"Founded in 1937 by Arthur Morgan, first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Celo (pronounced see-lo) established its own rules of land tenure and taxation, conducted its internal business by consensus and did not require its members to accept any particular ideology or religious creed. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Celo and among its local neighbors, consultation of Celo's documentary records, and interviews with ex-members, Hicks traces the Community's ups and downs.
Attacked for its opposition to World War II, Celo was revived by pacifists released from prisons and Civilian Public Service camps after the war; debilitated in the 1950s by bitter feuds with ex-members, it was buoyed up in the 1960s by the radical enthusiasm of new currents in the nation."--Jacket.
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"Founded in 1937 by Arthur Morgan, first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Celo (pronounced see-lo) established its own rules of land tenure and taxation, conducted its internal business by consensus and did not require its members to accept any particular ideology or religious creed. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Celo and among its local neighbors, consultation of Celo's documentary records, and interviews with ex-members, Hicks traces the Community's ups and downs.
Attacked for its opposition to World War II, Celo was revived by pacifists released from prisons and Civilian Public Service camps after the war; debilitated in the 1950s by bitter feuds with ex-members, it was buoyed up in the 1960s by the radical enthusiasm of new currents in the nation."--Jacket.
Attacked for its opposition to World War II, Celo was revived by pacifists released from prisons and Civilian Public Service camps after the war; debilitated in the 1950s by bitter feuds with ex-members, it was buoyed up in the 1960s by the radical enthusiasm of new currents in the nation."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-266) and index.
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Table of Contents
Culture and Utopian Americans
Utopian problems and explanations
Utopia in the Great Depression
A New Deal Utopian
The seedman's new crop
Bloom and harvest
Constructing agreement
Consensus : recruits and defectors
Defining Utopia : Celo and its neighbors
Utopian outcomes : development and change
Conclusion : Americans and Utopians.
Utopian problems and explanations
Utopia in the Great Depression
A New Deal Utopian
The seedman's new crop
Bloom and harvest
Constructing agreement
Consensus : recruits and defectors
Defining Utopia : Celo and its neighbors
Utopian outcomes : development and change
Conclusion : Americans and Utopians.