The Utopian Alternative : Fourierism in Nineteenth-Century America / Carl J. Guarneri.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guarneri, Carl J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Collective settlements--United States--History--19th century.

Collective settlements.

Utopian socialism--United States--History--19th century.

Utopian socialism.

Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837--Influence--History--19th century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 525 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The utopian socialism of Charles Fourier spread throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was in the United States that it generated the most intense excitement. In this rich and engaging narrative, Carl J. Guarneri traces the American Fourierist movement from its roots in the religious, social, and economic upheavals of the 1830s, through its bold communal experiments of the 1840s, to its lingering twilight after the Civil War.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Introduction

I. Origins of American Fourierism

1. Fourierism Crosses the Atlantic

2. Apostles of Association

3. Roots of Popular Participation

II. The Doctrine of Association

4. Association and American Society

5. The Utopian Alternative

III. Building the New Industrial World

6. The Communitarian Boom and Bust

7. Life in the Phalanxes

8. Organizing a National Movement

9. The Problem of Slavery

10. The Movement Retreats

11. Campaigns with Labor

12. The Last Communities

IV. The Decline and Evolution of Utopia

13. The Fading of the Utopian Dream

14. New Directions of the 1850s

15. Fourierism and the Coming of the Civil War

16. The Fourierist Legacy

Appendix: Tables, Figures, Maps

Abbreviations and Short Forms Used in Notes

Notes

A Bibliography of American Fourierism

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-516) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-2528-9

OCLC:

1080550225