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American Communities

by William Alfred Hinds

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This reprint of a classic work, originally published in 1878, documents the experience of a number of attempts to set up utopian "communistic" communities in America. It includes Shakers, the Amana community, Oneida, Ephrat, Harmonists, Robert Owen, the Perfectionists, and many others.

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People/Characters: Anna Lee; Jacob Henrici; John Humphrey Noyes; George Rapp; Aaron Williams
Important places: Amenia, New York, USA; Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 8
ASINs: 1

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Published: 1973
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Economics, Sociology, Business
DDC/MDS: 334.683
LCC: HX653 .H6

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William Alfred Hinds

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