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.
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