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1 online resource (xv, 253 pages) |
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Book collections on Project MUSE
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Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Helicon home colony : a cooperative living colony -- Free acres : a single tax colony -- Stelton : an experiment in education -- Physical culture city : the kingdom of health -- The self master's colony : a home for the homeless -- Woodbine : immigrants on the land -- Roosevelt : new deal town -- Rova farms : preserving a culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Utopia. New Jersey. For most people?even the most satisfied New Jersey residents?these words hardly belong in the same sentence. Yet, unbeknown to many, history shows that the state has been a favorite location for utopian experiments for more than a century. Thanks to its location between New York and Philadelphia and its affordable land, it became an ideal proving ground where philosophical and philanthropical organizations and individuals could test their utopian theories. In this intriguing look at this little-known side of New Jersey, Perdita Buchan explores eight of these communities. Ad |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Utopian socialism -- New Jersey -- History
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Immigrants -- New Jersey -- History
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Communities -- New Jersey -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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HISTORY -- Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
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Communities
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Immigrants
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Travel
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Utopian socialism
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New Jersey -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091325
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New Jersey
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2007000044 |
| ISBN |
9780813543956 |
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0813543959 |
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1281151432 |
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9781281151438 |
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9786611151430 |
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6611151435 |
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