Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-298) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Charles Fourier's philosophy -- The doctor's community -- A better site for a Phalanstère -- First emissaries to the frontier -- Preparations and the view from Paris -- Preparations and the view from Guise -- Preparations and the view from Brussels -- Preparations and the view from Chapelle Gaugain -- Preparations and the view from New York -- Finding land -- Sailing to America -- Expectations -- Storm clouds -- From sails to steam to feet -- From Houston to the three forks -- First days building and the bloom of June -- Confronting the vision -- Trying out life -- Considerant and Texas politics -- Downward slide -- Demise -- Endings and new beginning -- Afterword: Réunion influences on Dallas.
Summary:
"Sabotaged is the account of French, Swiss, and Belgian intellectuals who followed Victor Considerant to Texas in 1855 in a quixotic attempt to fulfill their dreams of a new life in a utopia"-- Provided by publisher.
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