The Utopian Alternative
Fourierism in Nineteenth-century America
Cornell University Press · Print & ebook · March 28, 1994
The utopian socialism of Charles Fourier spread throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was in the United States that it generated the most intense excitement.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow American Fourierism from 1830s upheavals through 1840s communal experiments and its postwar twilight.
- Genres
- Utopian Thinking, Communism & Socialism, 19th-Century America
- Published
- Cornell University Press, March 28, 1994
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The utopian socialism of Charles Fourier spread throughout Europe in the mid-nineteenth century, but it was in the United States that it generated the most intense excitement. In this rich and engaging narrative, Carl J. Guarneri traces the American Fourierist movement from its roots in the religious, social, and economic upheavals of the 1830s, through its bold communal experiments of the 1840s, to its lingering twilight after the Civil War.
American Fourierism
Follow American Fourierism from 1830s upheavals through 1840s communal experiments and its postwar twilight.
Come here for
- The religious, social, and economic upheavals behind Fourierism’s American roots
Expect
- Bold communal experiments of the 1840s
- The movement’s lingering twilight after the Civil War
Where it sits
| 19th-Century America | 63% |
|---|---|
| Communism & Socialism | 57% |
| Utopian Thinking | 42% |
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Publisher categories
- 19th-Century America
- Communism & Socialism
- Utopian Thinking
- Authors
- Carl J. Guarneri
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- March 28, 1994
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- 19th-Century America