Seven American Utopias : the architecture of communitarian socialism, 1790-1975. / txt
Dolores Hayden.
- ix, 401 p. ill. ; plans ; maps ; 26 cm. book
Includes index
Bibliography: p. 367-379.
Contents : Acknowledgments viii -- I Seeking Utopia -- 1 Idealism and the American Environment 2 -- 2 The Ideal Community : Garden , Machine , or Model Home ? 8 -- 3 The Communal Building Process 32 -- II Building Utopia -- 4 Heavenly and Earthly Space 64 -- 5 Eden versus Jerusalem 104 -- 6 The Architecture of Passional Attraction 148 -- 7 The Architecture of Complex Marriage 186 -- 8 Communes within Communes 224 -- 9 The Disintegration of Association 260 -- 10 Feminism and Eclecticism 288 -- III Learning from Utopia -- 11 Edge City , Heart City , Drop City : Communal Building Today 320 -- 12 Premature Truths 348 -- Appendix A -- Comparative Chart of Communities 358 -- Appendix B -- List of Communitarian Settlements to 1860 362 -- Bibliography 367 -- Sources and Credits for Illustrations 380 -- Index 385 --