The Communistic Societies of the United States

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Charles Nordhoff. The Communistic Societies of the United States

The Communistic Societies of the United States

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INTRODUCTION. SUBJECTS OF THE INQUIRY THE CONDITION AND NECESSITIES OF LABOR MISTAKE OF THE TRADES-UNIONS REASONS FOR IT LABOR SOCIETIES, AS AT PRESENT MANAGED, MISCHIEVOUS. THE AMANA SOCIETY. ITS HISTORY AND ORIGIN AMANA IN 1874 SOCIAL HABITS AND CUSTOMS RELIGION AND LITERATURE. THE HARMONISTS AT ECONOMY. ECONOMY IN 1874 HISTORY OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY ITS RELIGIOUS CREED PRACTICAL LIFE SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP" THE SEPARATISTS OF ZOAR. ORIGIN AND HISTORY THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH PRACTICAL LIFE AND PRESENT CONDITION. THE SHAKERS "MOTHER ANN" THE ORDER OF LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS A VISIT TO MOUNT LEBANON DETAILS OF ALL THE SHAKER SOCIETIES SHAKER LITERATURE "SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS" THE ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD PERFECTIONISTS. ORIGIN AND HISTORY THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUNDAY AT ONEIDA "CRITICISM" AND "PRAYER-CURES" THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES. AURORA IN OREGON BETHEL IN MISSOURI THEIR HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS FAITH. THE ICARIANS. THE BISHOP HILL COLONY. ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY CAUSES OF ITS FAILURE. THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNE. THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY. THREE COLONIES—NOT COMMUNISTIC. ANAHEIM, IN CALIFORNIA VINELAND, IN NEW JERSEY SILKVILLE PRAIRIE HOME, IN KANSAS. COMPARATIVE VIEW AND REVIEW. STATISTICAL COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNISTIC LIVING. BIBLIOGRAPHY. INDEX. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. VIEWS IN ZOAR MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES GRACE BEFORE MEAT—AMANA SCHOOL-HOUSE—AMANA AMANA, A GENERAL VIEW CHURCH AT AMANA INTERIOR VIEW OF CHURCH PLAN OF THE INSPIRATIONIST VILLAGES ASSEMBLY HALL—ECONOMY CHURCH AT ECONOMY A STREET VIEW IN ECONOMY FATHER RAPP'S HOUSE—ECONOMY CHURCH AT ZOAR SCHOOL-HOUSE AT ZOAR A GROUP OF SHAKERS THE FIRST SHAKER CHURCH, AT MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER ARCHITECTURE—MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER ARCHITECTURE—ENFIELD, N. H. SHAKER WOMEN AT WORK SHAKER COSTUMES SHAKER WORSHIP.—THE DANCE SISTERS IN EVERY-DAY COSTUME ELDER FREDERICK W. EVANS VIEW OF A SHAKER VILLAGE THE HERB-HOUSE—MOUNT LEBANON MEETING-HOUSE AT MOUNT LEBANON INTERIOR OF MEETING-HOUSE AT MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER TANNERY—MOUNT LEBANON SHAKER OFFICE AND STORE AT MOUNT LEBANON A SHAKER ELDER A GROUP OF SHAKER CHILDREN SHAKER DINING-HALL A SHAKER SCHOOL SHAKER MUSIC-HALL J. H. NOYES, FOUNDER OF THE PERFECTIONISTS COSTUMES AT ONEIDA THE BETHEL COMMUNE, MISSOURI CHURCH AT BETHEL, MISSOURI

INTRODUCTION

THE INSPIRATIONISTS,

AT. AMANA, IOWA. THE AMANA COMMUNITY

I

II.—HISTORICAL

III.—AMANA—1874

IV.—RELIGION AND LITERATURE

THE HARMONY SOCIETY,

AT. ECONOMY, PA. THE HARMONY SOCIETY

I.—ECONOMY IN 1874

II.—HISTORICAL

III.—DOCTRINES AND PRACTICAL LIFE IN ECONOMY; WITH SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP."

"ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS,

AT. ZOAR, OHIO. THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS AT ZOAR

I.—HISTORY

II.—RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICAL LIFE

THE SHAKERS

I

II.—"MOTHER ANN."

III.—THE ORDER OF LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS

IV.—A VISIT TO MOUNT LEBANON

OBITUARY

TABLE MONITOR

[VISITORS' EATING-ROOM, SHAKER VILLAGE.]

DETAILS OF THE SHAKER SOCIETIES

SHAKER LITERATURE, SPIRITUALISM, ETC

"'THE SONG OF A HERALD

"HEAVENLY GUIDE

POPULATION RETURNS OF THE SHAKER SOCIETIES

THE PERFECTIONISTS OF ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD

THE PERFECTIONISTS OF ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD

I.—HISTORICAL

TO BROKERS

ATTENTION!

II.—RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND FAITH-CURES

APOSTASY, UNBELIEF

PRIVATE PROPERTY, DEATH. RESTORATION, FAITH,

COMMUNISM, IMMORTALITY

III.—DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

IV.—SUNDAY AT THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF "CRITICISM."

THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES

II.—BETHEL

THE ICARIANS,

NEAR. CORNING, IOWA. THE ICARIANS

THE BISHOP HILL COMMUNE

THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNITY

"PREAMBLE."

"CONSTITUTION." "ARTICLE I."

"ARTICLE II."

"ARTICLE III."

"ARTICLE IV."

THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY

COLONIES WHICH ARE NOT COMMUNISTIC

COLONIES—NOT COMMUNISTIC

POLICE EXPENSES

POOR EXPENSES

A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNES

COMPARATIVE VIEW. I.—STATISTICAL

II.—COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY

III.—CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE; INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE

IV.—CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OP COMMUNISTIC LIVING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

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Charles Nordhoff

From Personal Visit and Observation

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The dress of the people is plain. The men wear in the winter a vest which buttons close up to the throat, coat and trousers being of the common cut.

For before that age he may not marry, even if his parents consent. This is a merely prudential rule. "They have few cares in life, and would marry too early for their own good—food and lodging being secured them—if there were not a rule upon the subject;" so said one of their wise men to me. Therefore, no matter how early the young people agree to marry, the wedding is deferred until the man reaches the proper age.

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