Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-301) and index.
Contents:
To boldly know where no one has known before : how blue sky thinking can set us free -- Home is where the walls are : thinking outside the single-family box -- Kids as public goods : why the privatization of childhood is bad for families -- The good school : educating the next generation of social dreamers -- Imagine no possessions, I wonder why we can't : how sharing our things can open our hearts -- Shall I compare thee to a violent ape : why our families are nuclear -- You and me and baby makes misery : expanding our networks of love and care -- The Star Trek game plan : how radical hope defeats dystopian despair.
Summary:
"A spirited tour through 2,500 years of utopian thinking and experiments to tease out better ways of imagining our domestic lives - from childrearing and housing to gender roles and private property - and a look at the communities putting these seemingly fanciful visions into practice today"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.