Women, Family, and Utopia Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Community, and the Mormons |
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| Author:
| Foster, Lawrence |
| Series title: | Utopianism and Communitarianism Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-2534-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1991 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.95 |
Book Description:
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An examination of women's roles, family relationships, and sexuality in three unorthodox 19th-century communal experiments, with analysis of the implications such systems may have for present-day Americans concerned with the sense of crisis in family life and sex roles.
An examination of women's roles, family relationships, and sexuality in three unorthodox 19th-century communal experiments, with analysis of the implications such systems may have for present-day Americans concerned with the sense of crisis in family life and sex roles.