A Comparative View Of The Customs And Practices. Part 03 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], II.--COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. Nothing surprised me more, in my investigations of the communistic societies, than to discover-- 1st. The amount and variety of business and mechanical skill which is...
Untitled : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 433 p. 434 p. 435 INDEX. A. Administration, at Amana, 393; Aurora, 310; Bishop Hill, 347; Cedar Vale, 354; Economy, 393; Icaria, 338, 393; Oneida, 277, 393; Prairie Home, 377; Shaker, 139, 171; Zoar, 106, 393...
List Of Illustrations : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VIEWS IN ZOAR Frontispiece. MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES "To face p". 22 GRACE BEFORE MEAT--AMANA. " 28 SCHOOL-HOUSE--AMANA. " 28 AMANA, A GENERAL VIEW. " 29 CHURCH...
The Shakers. I. Introduction : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 114 p. 115 THE SHAKERS. p. 116 p. 117 THE SHAKERS. I. THE Shakers have the oldest existing communistic societies on this continent. They are also the most thoroughly organized, and in some respects the most...
A Comparative View Of The Customs And Practices : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], IV.--CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNISTIC LIVING. Reviewing what I have seen and written, these questions occur: I. On what terms, if at all, could a carefully selected and homogeneous company of men and women...
The Aurora And Bethel Communes. Ii. Bethel : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 324 II.--BETHEL. Bethel is, of course, the older community; I describe it here after Aurora, because my visit to it was made after I had seen the Oregon community, and also because here is shown to what Aur...
A Comparative View Of The Customs And Practices. Part 02 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], III.--CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE; INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE. I remark, in the first place, that all the successful communes are composed of what are customarily called "common people." You look in vain for highly...
Title Page : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES FROM PERSONAL VISIT AND OBSERVATION INCLUDING DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF THE ECONOMISTS, ZOARITES, SHAKERS, THE AMANA, ONEIDA, BETHEL, AURORA, ICARIAN, AND OTHER EXISTING...
The Shakers. Iv. A Visit To Mount Lebanon : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], IV.--A VISIT TO MOUNT LEBANON. It was on a bleak and sleety December day that I made my first visit to a Shaker family. As I came by appointment, a brother, whom I later found to be the second elder of the family...
Introduction : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 9 p. 10 p. 11 INTRODUCTION THOUGH it is probable that for a long time to come the mass of mankind in civilized countries will find it both necessary and advantageous to labor for wages, and to accept the conditi...
The Icarians : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 331 THE ICARIANS, NEAR CORNING, IOWA. p. 332 p. 333 THE ICARIANS. ETIENNE CABET had a pretty dream; this dream took hold of his mind, and he spent sixteen years of his life in trying to turn it into real life. One...
A Comparative View Of The Customs And Practices. Part 04 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 383 A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES OF THE AMERICAN COMMUNES. p. 384 p. 385 COMPARATIVE VIEW. I.--STATISTICAL. THOUGH brief accounts are given in the preceding pages of several recently established...
The Social Freedom Community : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 357 THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY. This is a communistic society, established in the beginning of the year 1874 in Chesterfield County, Virginia. It has as "full members" two women, one man, and three boys, with...
The Harmony Society. Iii. Doctrines And Practical : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], III.--DOCTRINES AND PRACTICAL LIFE IN ECONOMY; WITH SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP." The Agreement or Articles of Association under which the "Harmony Society" was formed in 1805, and which was signed by all...
The Shakers. Details Of The Shaker Societies : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], DETAILS OF THE SHAKER SOCIETIES. To describe particularly each of the eighteen Shaker societies would involve a great deal of unnecessary repetition. In their buildings, their customs, their worship, their religious...
The Perfectionists Of Oneida And Wallingford. Part 02 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], III.--DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. The farm, or domain, as they prefer to call it, of the Oneida Community forms a part of the old Reservation of the Oneida Indians. It is a plain, the land naturally good...
The Cedar Vale Community : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 350 p. 351 THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNITY. p. 352 p. 353 THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNITY. AT Cedar Vale, in Howard County, Kansas, a communistic society has been founded, which, though its small numbers might make it...
The Aurora And Bethel Communes. I. Aur : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 302 p. 303 THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES. p. 304 p. 305 THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES. TWENTY-NINE miles south of Portland, on the Oregon and California Railroad, lies the village of Aurora, more commonly known...
The Harmony Society. I. Economy In 1874 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 60 p. 61 THE HARMONY SOCIETY, AT ECONOMY, PA. p. 62 p. 63 THE HARMONY SOCIETY. I.--ECONOMY IN 1874. TRAVELING from Cleveland to Pittsburgh by rail, you strike the Ohio River at Wellsville; and the railroad runs...
The Inspirationists, At The Amana Community : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], IV.--RELIGION AND LITERATURE. "If one gives himself entirely, and in all his life, to the will of God, he will presently be possessed by the Spirit of God." "The Bible is the Word of God; each prophet or sacred writer...
The Perfectionists Of Oneida And Wallingford. Part 04 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 257 THE PERFECTIONISTS OF ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD. p. 258 p. 259 THE PERFECTIONISTS OF ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD I.--HISTORICAL. THE Oneida and Wallingford Communists are of American origin, and their membership is...
The Inspirationists, At The Amana Community. Part 03 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], II.--HISTORICAL. The "Work of Inspiration" is said to have begun far back in the eighteenth century. I have a volume, printed in 1785, which is called the "Thirty-sixth Collection of the Inspirational Records,"...
The Shakers. Iii. The Order Of Life Among : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], III.--THE ORDER OF LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS. A Shaker Society consists of two classes or orders: the Novitiate and the Church Order. There is a general similarity in the life of these two; but to the Novitiate families...
The Shakers. Shaker Literature, Spiritualism, Etc : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], SHAKER LITERATURE, SPIRITUALISM, ETC. "It should be distinctly understood that special inspired gifts have not ceased, but still continue among this people:" so reads a brief note to the Preface of "Christ's First...
Colonies Which Are Not Communistic : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 358 p. 359 COLONIES WHICH ARE NOT COMMUNISTIC. p. 360 p. 361 COLONIES--NOT COMMUNISTIC. I HAVE noticed that not unfrequently Vineland, in New Jersey, and Anaheim, in California, are classed with Communistic...
The Inspirationists, At The Amana Community. Part 02 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], III.--AMANA--1874. "The name we took out of the Bible," said one of the officers of the society to me. They put the accent on the first syllable. The name occurs in the Song of Solomon, the fourth chapter and eighth...
The Bishop Hill Commune : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 340 p. 341 THE BISHOP HILL COMMUNE. p. 342 p. 343 THE BISHOP HILL COMMUNE. I HAVE determined to give a brief account of the Swedish colony at Bishop Hill, in Henry County, Illinois, because, though it has now...
The Society Of Separatists, At Zoar, Ohio. Part 02 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 96 p. 97 THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS, AT ZOAR, OHIO. p. 98 p. 99 THE SOCIETY OF SEPARATISTS AT ZOAR. I.--HISTORY. THE village of Zoar lies in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, about half-way between Cleveland and Pittsburgh...
The Perfectionists Of Oneida And Wallingford. Part 03 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], II.--RELIGIOUS BELIEF AND FAITH-CURES. They call themselves "Perfectionists." They hold to the Bible as the "text-book of the Spirit of truth;" to "Jesus Christ as the eternal Son of God;" to "the apostles...
The Society Of Separatists, At Zoar, Ohio : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], II.--RELIGIOUS FAITH AND PRACTICAL LIFE. The "Principles of the Separatists," which are printed in the first volume of Joseph Bumeler's discourses, were evidently framed in Germany. They consist of twelve articles: "I...
The Inspirationists, At The Amana Community. Part 04 : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 23 THE INSPIRATIONISTS, AT AMANA, IOWA p. 24 p. 25 THE AMANA COMMUNITY. I. THE "True Inspiration Congregations," as they call themselves ("Wahre Inspiration's Gemeinden"), form a communistic society in Iow...
The Harmony Society. Ii. Historical : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 69 II.--HISTORICAL. George Rapp, founder and until his death in 1847 head of the "Harmony Society," was born in October, 1757, at Iptingen in Wrtemberg. He was the son of a small farmer and vine-dresser...
The Shakers. Ii. mother Ann : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], II.--"MOTHER ANN." The "Millennial Church, or United Society of Believers, commonly called Shakers," was formally organized at New Lebanon, a village in Columbia County, New York, in September, 1787, three years after...
Bibliography : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], p. 419 p. 420 p. 421 BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE following list does not pretend to be a complete bibliography of Socialism or Communism. It contains the titles of all the works which have fallen under my own observati...
The Perfectionists Of Oneida And Wallingford : * "The Communistic Societies of the United States", by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], IV.--SUNDAY AT THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF "CRITICISM." I was permitted to spend several days at the Oneida Community, among which was a Sunday. The people are kind, polite to each other...