Utopia, New Jersey : travels in the nearest Eden /
Buchan, Perdita, 1940-
Utopia, New Jersey : travels in the nearest Eden / Perdita Buchan. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Helicon home colony : a cooperative living colony -- Free acres : a single tax colony -- Stelton : an experiment in education -- Physical culture city : the kingdom of health -- The self master's colony : a home for the homeless -- Woodbine : immigrants on the land -- Roosevelt : new deal town -- Rova farms : preserving a culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Utopia. New Jersey. For most people?even the most satisfied New Jersey residents?these words hardly belong in the same sentence. Yet, unbeknown to many, history shows that the state has been a favorite location for utopian experiments for more than a century. Thanks to its location between New York and Philadelphia and its affordable land, it became an ideal proving ground where philosophical and philanthropical organizations and individuals could test their utopian theories. In this intriguing look at this little-known side of New Jersey, Perdita Buchan explores eight of these communities. Ad.
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9780813543956 (electronic bk.) 0813543959 (electronic bk.) 1281151432 9781281151438 9786611151430 6611151435 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt4jtbz9 JSTOR
Utopian socialism--History.--New Jersey
Immigrants--History.--New Jersey
Communities--History.--New Jersey
Socialisme utopique--Histoire.--New Jersey
Communauté--Histoire.--New Jersey
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
HISTORY--Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Communities.
Immigrants.
Travel.
Utopian socialism.
New Jersey--Description and travel.
New Jersey--Descriptions et voyages.
New Jersey.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books
History.
Electronic books.
HX655.N5 / B83 2007eb
307.7709749
Utopia, New Jersey : travels in the nearest Eden / Perdita Buchan. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books, ©2007. - 1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) -
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Helicon home colony : a cooperative living colony -- Free acres : a single tax colony -- Stelton : an experiment in education -- Physical culture city : the kingdom of health -- The self master's colony : a home for the homeless -- Woodbine : immigrants on the land -- Roosevelt : new deal town -- Rova farms : preserving a culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Use copy
Utopia. New Jersey. For most people?even the most satisfied New Jersey residents?these words hardly belong in the same sentence. Yet, unbeknown to many, history shows that the state has been a favorite location for utopian experiments for more than a century. Thanks to its location between New York and Philadelphia and its affordable land, it became an ideal proving ground where philosophical and philanthropical organizations and individuals could test their utopian theories. In this intriguing look at this little-known side of New Jersey, Perdita Buchan explores eight of these communities. Ad.
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
9780813543956 (electronic bk.) 0813543959 (electronic bk.) 1281151432 9781281151438 9786611151430 6611151435 (hardcover ; alk. paper) (hardcover ; alk. paper)
22573/ctt4jtbz9 JSTOR
Utopian socialism--History.--New Jersey
Immigrants--History.--New Jersey
Communities--History.--New Jersey
Socialisme utopique--Histoire.--New Jersey
Communauté--Histoire.--New Jersey
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Essays.
HISTORY--Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Communities.
Immigrants.
Travel.
Utopian socialism.
New Jersey--Description and travel.
New Jersey--Descriptions et voyages.
New Jersey.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books
History.
Electronic books.
HX655.N5 / B83 2007eb
307.7709749