Globalization of communes : 1950-2010 / Yaacov Oved.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oved, Iaácov.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communal living--History--20th century.

Communal living.

Collective settlements--History--20th century.

Collective settlements.

Social change.

Globalization--Social aspects.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A scholarly and fascinating look at the concept of the commune around the world, Globalization of Communes: 1950-2010 is a must for anyone who wants to better understand cooperative living in a more impersonal world." -Library Bookwatch Oved observes that those who predicted the failure of communes and intentional communities failed to appreciate the extent to which people in today's society aspire to communal life.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: The Globalization of Communes and Cooperative Communities""; ""1 The Fifties�The First Buds""; ""2 US Communes in the Sixties: The High Tide""; ""3 The Seventies� Communes�Stability and Diversity""; ""4 The Eighties: From Decline to Recovery""; ""5 Expansion and Diversity in the 1990s""; ""6 Communes and Cooperative Communities at the Turn of the Century""; ""7 A Collective Profile of the Communes and Intentional Communities""; ""8 The Kibbutz Movement and the Communes""; ""9 A Personal Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-351-51727-9

0-203-79065-0

1-4128-4905-5

9780203790656

OCLC:

819379590