| Description |
1 online resource |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Considerant, Victor, 1808-1893.
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Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837 -- Influence
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Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837 -- Influence
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Considerant, Victor, 1808-1893
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Considerant, Victor, 1808-1893 fast |
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Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837 fast |
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Utopias -- Texas -- History
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Utopian socialism -- Texas -- History
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Collective settlements -- Texas -- History
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
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Collective settlements
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Utopian socialism
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Utopias
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La Réunion (Tex.) -- History
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| Subject |
Texas
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781496220127 |
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1496220129 |
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9781496220141 |
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1496220145 |
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