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Author:

Reece, Erik, author.

Title:

Utopia drive : a road trip through America's most radical idea / Erik Reece.

Edition:

First Edition.

Publisher:

FarrarStraus and Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

346 pages ; 22 cm

Subject:

Utopian socialism--United States--History.
Utopias--United States--History.
Communitarianism--United States--History.

Contents:

Nonesuch: Woodford County, Kentucky -- The new creation: Pleasant Hill, Kentucky -- Monk's Pond: Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani Monastery: Bardstown, Kentucky -- A beautiful failure: New Harmony, Indiana -- A simple act of moral commerce: Cincinnati and Utopia, Ohio -- How should people live?: Twin Oaks: Louisa, Virgina -- A clearinghouse for dreams: Utopia Parkway: Queens, New York -- The Pine Barrens anarchists: modern times: Long Island, New York -- Hunger not to have but to be: Walden Pond: Concord, Massachusetts -- Some heartbreak, much happiness: Oneida, New York -- What if?: Niagra Falls, Canada.

Summary:

"Eric Reece, author of Lost Mountain and An American Gospel, traces the history of the utopian movement in America and lays out a radical re-visioning of the future of utopian societies"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0374106576 (hardback)
9780374106577 (hardback)

LCCN:

2015041553

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)