Jewish Agricultural Utopias in America, 1880-1910

by Uri D. Herscher

Book Overview

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of America's Jewish farming utopias revealing the confluence of American and Jewish utopian traditions and measures the impact of the American experiments on the nascent kibbutz movement in Palestine.

Brook Farm, Oneida, Amana, and Nauvoo are familiar names in American history. Far less familiar are New Odessa, Bethlehem-Jehudah, Cotopaxi, and Alliance--the Brook Farms and Oneidas of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814344658
• ISBN13: 9780814344651
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"