Communal Utopias and the American Experience: Secular Communities, 1824-2000.(Book Review) From: History: Review of New Books | Date: September 22, 2004| Author: Peterson, Larry R. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Sutton, Robert P. Communal Utopias and the American Experience: Secular Communities, 1824-2000 Westport, CT: Praeger 184 pp., $74.95, ISBN 0-275-97553-3 Publication Date: February 2004

Robert P. Sutton's latest book explores the history of approximately sixty American secular utopian communities, from Robert Dale Owens' New Harmony, founded in 1824, to Richard Kieninger's Stelle Community, founded in 1973. As the author of the companion volume from Praeger, Communal Utop...