BOOK NOTES:  Some books which might be of general interest to students of the "Early Republic" period -- If you find any worth purchasing after following one of these links, a portion will go to support of this web site:
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris by David McCullough a "story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work."
The Price of Civilization: Reawakening American Virtue and Prosperity by Jeffrey Sachs.  From book description: "For more than three decades, Jeffrey D. Sachs has been at the forefront of international economic problem solving.  But Sachs turns his attention back home in The Price of Civilization, a book that is essential reading for every American. In a forceful, impassioned, and personal voice, he offers not only a searing and incisive diagnosis of our country’s economic ills but also an urgent call for Americans to restore the virtues of fairness, honesty, and foresight as the foundations of national prosperity.


Experiments in Communal Living in 1830s-40s

Brook Farm

Economy

Fruitlands

Harmonie or Harmony,

New Harmony

Robert Owen's commune, in which at one time 1000 people lived. The land and excellent facilities were purchased from George Rapp, the religious communist (it had been called Harmonie)

Northampton Association of Education and Industry:

Founded by George Benson and others, who tended to be Garrisonian abolitionist. Home for a few years of Sojourner Truth, and the black former New Yorker, David Ruggles, who later set up a water-cure establishment on the former site of the Association.

source: Christopher Clark, Communitarian Moment.

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