TY - GEN N2 - This book provides an in-depth history of three US-based communal societies that operated in the late 1960s and 1970sSoul City, Stelle and Twin Oakswith an emphasis on their financing, marketing, and entrepreneurship processes. These communities reflect the diversity of people who were dissatisfied with the direction in which American society was headingoften underpinned by concerns over racism, sexism, the environment, and capitalismand decided to take the radical step of joining a communal society. A moral economy approach offers a lens on how these communities were prevented from fully realizing their visions due to the confines of capitalism, as embedded in banking practices, zoning laws, and systemic racism. Rahima Schwenkbeck is a historian of American Business. Her work on topics such as utopias, video games, advertising, and environmental issues has been featured in several edited collections. She received her doctorate in American Studies from The George Washington University (USA). DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-88354-6 DO - doi AB - This book provides an in-depth history of three US-based communal societies that operated in the late 1960s and 1970sSoul City, Stelle and Twin Oakswith an emphasis on their financing, marketing, and entrepreneurship processes. These communities reflect the diversity of people who were dissatisfied with the direction in which American society was headingoften underpinned by concerns over racism, sexism, the environment, and capitalismand decided to take the radical step of joining a communal society. A moral economy approach offers a lens on how these communities were prevented from fully realizing their visions due to the confines of capitalism, as embedded in banking practices, zoning laws, and systemic racism. Rahima Schwenkbeck is a historian of American Business. Her work on topics such as utopias, video games, advertising, and environmental issues has been featured in several edited collections. She received her doctorate in American Studies from The George Washington University (USA). T1 - The business of marketing, entrepreneurship, and architecture of communal societies in the 1960s and 1970s / AU - Schwenkbeck, Rahima, CN - HX653 N1 - Includes index. ID - 1440950 KW - Collective settlements KW - Collective settlements KW - Communautés SN - 9783030883546 SN - 303088354X TI - The business of marketing, entrepreneurship, and architecture of communal societies in the 1960s and 1970s / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-88354-6 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-88354-6 ER -