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UTOPIA, NEW JERSEY: TRAVELS IN THE NEAREST EDEN By Perdita Buchan - Hardcover
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Utopia, New Jersey: Travels in the Nearest Eden
- ISBN-10
- 0813541786
- Genre
- TRAVEL
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Jersey
- ISBN
- 9780813541785
- Subject Area
- Travel, Political Science, Social Science, History
- Publication Name
- Utopia, New Jersey : Travels in the Nearest Eden
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- Emigration & Immigration, General, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Utopias
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Item Weight
- 18.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10
0813541786
ISBN-13
9780813541785
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60210983
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Publication Name
Utopia, New Jersey : Travels in the Nearest Eden
Language
English
Subject
Emigration & Immigration, General, Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa), Utopias
Publication Year
2007
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Travel, Political Science, Social Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.1 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2007-000044
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
307.7709749
Table Of Content
ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHelicon Home Colony: A Cooperative Living ColonyFree Acres: A Single Tax ColonyStelton: An Experiment in EducationPhysical Culture City: The Kingdom of HealthThe Self Master's Colony: A Home for the HomelessWoodbine: Immigrants on the LandRoosevelt: New Deal TownRova Farms: Preserving a CultureNotesBibliographyIndex
Synopsis
Winner of the 2008 Honor Book by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities 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. Adopting a wide definition of the term utopia --broadening it to include experimental living arrangements with a variety of missions--Buchan explains that what the founders of each of these colonies had in common was the goal of improving life, at least as they saw it. In every other way, the communities varied greatly, ranging from a cooperative colony in Englewood founded by Upton Sinclair, to an anarchist village in Piscataway centered on an educational experiment, to the fascinating Physical Culture City in Spotswood, where drugs, tobacco, and corsets were banned, but where nudity was widespread. Despite their grand intentions, all but one of the utopias--a single-tax colony in Berkeley Heights--failed to survive. But Buchan shows how each of them left a legacy of much more than the buildings or street names that remain today--legacies that are inspiring, surprising, and often outright quirky., He explores 8 of these communities. Adopting a wide definition of the term utopia-broadening it to include experimental living arrangements with a variety of missions., 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., Winner of the 2008 Honor Book by the New Jersey Council for the Humanities 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. Adopting a wide definition of the term utopia ?broadening it to include experimental living arrangements with a variety of missions?Buchan explains that what the founders of each of these colonies had in common was the goal of improving life, at least as they saw it. In every other way, the communities varied greatly, ranging from a cooperative colony in Englewood founded by Upton Sinclair, to an anarchist village in Piscataway centered on an educational experiment, to the fascinating Physical Culture City in Spotswood, where drugs, tobacco, and corsets were banned, but where nudity was widespread. Despite their grand intentions, all but one of the utopias?a single-tax colony in Berkeley Heights?failed to survive. But Buchan shows how each of them left a legacy of much more than the buildings or street names that remain today?legacies that are inspiring, surprising, and often outright quirky., 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. Adopting a wide definition of the term utopia --broadening it to include experimental living arrangements with a variety of missions--Buchan explains that what the founders of each of these colonies had in common was the goal of improving life, at least as they saw it. In every other way, the communities varied greatly, ranging from a cooperative colony in Englewood founded by Upton Sinclair, to an anarchist village in Piscataway centered on an educational experiment, to the fascinating Physical Culture City in Spotswood, where drugs, tobacco, and corsets were banned, but where nudity was widespread. Despite their grand intentions, all but one of the utopias--a single-tax colony in Berkeley Heights--failed to survive. But Buchan shows how each of them left a legacy of much more than the buildings or street names that remain today--legacies that are inspiring, surprising, and often outright quirky.
LC Classification Number
HX655
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