The Communistic Societies of the United States (1875)

by Charles Nordhoff

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A fascinating look at many of America's collective communities.

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Great book and the observations about communism are spot on. The reason ibleave off a star is that towards the end, the examples become less descriptive and thorough in their analysis. (

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galuf84 | Jul 27, 2022 |

Facs. rpt. of edition published New York : Harper, 1875. (

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ME_Dictionary | Mar 20, 2020 |

Okay. So I read this ALL the way through. It is quite interesting from a comparative religion / utopianist society point of view. I thought it was pretty good, especially where it describes such groups as the Shakers and various German-based communistic societies. Plus, it has some excellent illustrations of the various societies' villages, living quarters, etc. It definitely deserves more than 2 stars, so i will give it : (

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Farree | Sep 24, 2019 |

I'm not going to finish reading this...looked at the pictures & started the forward. The first sentence says, "Contemporary readers often confuse Charles Nordhoff's name with that of his grandson, Charles Bernard nordhoff, the author of the "Mutiny on the Bounty," and with his son Walter Nordhoff...."
Since I wanted to read other books by the author of the "Mutiny on the Bounty", I'm not going to finish this! (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Charles Nordhoff	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Fogarty, Robert S.	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Holloway, Marl	Introduction	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The communistic societies of the United States : from personal visit and observation

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American Utopias

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1875

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Though it is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the condition of hired laborers (or, as it has absurdly become the fashion to say, employes), every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to become such, and cease to labor for hire.

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