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The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles, 1830-1901
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A word from our supporters: File extension DVD | E-text prepared by Eric Eldred, Marvin A. Hodges, Charles Franks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES OF THE UNITED STATES _FROM PERSONAL VISIT AND OBSERVATION_ BY CHARLES NORDHOFF TO MY FRIENDS, DOCTOR AND MRS. JOHN DAVIS, OF CINCINNATI. [Illustration: VIEWS IN ZOAR.] TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE CONDITION AND NECESSITIES OF LABOR MISTAKE OF THE TRADES-UNIONS REASONS FOR IT LABOR SOCIETIES, AS AT PRESENT MANAGED, MISCHIEVOUS THE AMANA SOCIETY AMANA IN 1874 SOCIAL HABITS AND CUSTOMS RELIGION AND LITERATURE THE HARMONISTS AT ECONOMY HISTORY OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY ITS RELIGIOUS CREED PRACTICAL LIFE SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP" THE SEPARATISTS OF ZOAR THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH PRACTICAL LIFE AND PRESENT CONDITION THE SHAKERS 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 THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUNDAY AT ONEIDA "CRITICISM" AND "PRAYER-CURES" THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES BETHEL IN MISSOURI THEIR HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS FAITH THE ICARIANS THE BISHOP HILL COLONY CAUSES OF ITS FAILURE THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNE THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY THREE COLONIES--NOT COMMUNISTIC VINELAND, IN NEW JERSEY SILKVILLE PRAIRIE HOME, IN KANSAS COMPARATIVE VIEW AND REVIEW COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNISTIC LIVING BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 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 [Illustration: MAP SHOWING LOCATION OF COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES.] 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 condition of hired laborers (or, as it has absurdly become the fashion to say, employees), every thoughtful and kind-hearted person must regard with interest any device or plan which promises to enable at least the more intelligent, enterprising, and determined part of those who are not capitalists to become such, and to cease to labor for hire. |