Free Love in Utopia John Humphrey Noyes and the Origin of the Oneida Community |
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| Author:
| Noyes, George
Foster, Lawrence |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-02670-6 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $59.00 |
Book Description:
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The ''free love'' Oneida Community, founded in New York state during the turbulent decades before the Civil War, practiced an extraordinary system of ''complex marriage'' as part of its sustained experiment in creating the kingdom of heaven on earth. For more than thirty years, two hundred adult members considered themselves heterosexually married ......
The ''free love'' Oneida Community, founded in New York state during the turbulent decades before the Civil War, practiced an extraordinary system of ''complex marriage'' as part of its sustained experiment in creating the kingdom of heaven on earth. For more than thirty years, two hundred adult members considered themselves heterosexually married ......