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Utopia, New Jersey : travels in the nearest Eden / Perdita Buchan.
LIBRA HX655.N5 B83 2007
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchan, Perdita, 1940-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Utopian socialism--New Jersey--History.
- Utopian socialism.
- Immigrants--New Jersey--History.
- Immigrants.
- Communities--New Jersey--History.
- Communities.
- History.
- New Jersey--Description and travel.
- New Jersey.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 253 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick, N.J. : Rivergate Books/Rutgers University Press, [2007]
- Summary:
- Utopian communities described in the book include: Helicon Home Colony in Englewood, Free Acres in Berkeley Heights, Stelton in Piscataway, Physical Culture City in Spotswood, Self Master Colony in Union, The Jewish agricultural settlement of Woodbine, Roosevelt, Rova Farms in the Pine Barrens.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813541785
- 0813541786
- OCLC:
- 80019772
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