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Informationen zum Autor MARK S. FERRARA is associate professor of English at the State University of New York and author of several books, including Palace of Ashes (2015), Sacred Bliss (2016), and New Seeds of Profit (2019). He lives with his wife in an intentional community dedicated to sustainable living and experiential learning in upstate New York. Klappentext Takes us inside forty of the most interesting intentional communities in America's history, from the colonial era to the present day. You will learn about such little-known experiments in cooperative living as the Icarian communities and more recent communities such as Arizona's Arcosanti, designed by architect Paolo Soleri. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Community of Goods in the Colonies Ephrata • Zwaanendael • Bohemia Manor 1 Revolution and Social Reformation Zoar • Modern Times • New Harmony • Hopedale • Skaneateles • Bishop Hill • Icarian Communities 2 Sleeping Cars, Spiritualism, and Cooperatives Pullman • Brotherhood of the New Life • Rugby Colony • Belton Woman's Commonwealth • Mound Bayou • Kaweah Cooperative Commonwealth • Ruskin Colony 3 Theosophy, Depression, and the New Deal Point Loma • Llano del Rio • Arthurdale • Phoenix Homesteads • Aberdeen Gardens • Greendale • Greenhills • Greenbelt • Celo Community • Hospitality Houses • Sunrise Cooperative Farm 4 Hippies, Arcology, and Ecovillages Endicott-Johnson • La Honda • Drop City • Libre • Morning Star Ranch • Wheeler's Ranch • Chosen Family • The Farm • Womanshare Collective • Mulberry Family • Arcosanti • EcoVillage Ithaca Afterword: The Next Wave Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
