Heartland Utopias

by Robert P. Sutton

Sutton offers a regional approach to the study of utopian movements, focusing specifically on the "heartland," which he defines to include the Old Northwest Territory, the Dakotas, and Missouri. In the number of utopian settlements, the heartland region is surpassed only by New England. Heartland Utopias provides a scholarly overview of nineteenth century utopian communities in the heartland from the first Shaker village near Dayton, Ohio, built in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875804012
• ISBN13: 9780875804019
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher