History of the Hopedale Community: Annotated Edition

by Adin Ballou and William Sweetzer Heywood

Book Overview

The Hopedale Community was one of the most important and successful of the many utopian communities started in the mid-nineteenth century United States. It outlasted its famous contemporary, Brook Farm, by nearly a decade. Though it did not succeed in ushering in "a new civilization radically higher than the old," Hopedale did provide its members with security, companionship, meaningful work, and the chance to make a difference in the world around...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981640230
• ISBN13: 9780981640235
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Blackstone Editions
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"