LEADER 03907nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910778230403321 005 20230721032057.0 010 $a1-281-15143-2 010 $a9786611151430 010 $a0-8135-4395-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813543956 035 $a(CKB)1000000000483390 035 $a(EBL)328687 035 $a(OCoLC)476126555 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000266382 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11239385 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266382 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10301019 035 $a(PQKB)11215661 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC328687 035 $a(OCoLC)191675447 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse20026 035 $a(DE-B1597)529542 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813543956 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL328687 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10214191 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL115143 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000483390 100 $a20070104d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUtopia, New Jersey$b[electronic resource] $etravels in the nearest Eden /$fPerdita Buchan 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRivergate Books$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (272 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4178-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreface -- Acknowledgments -- Helicon home colony : a cooperative living colony -- Free acres : a single tax colony -- Stelton : an experiment in education -- Physical culture city : the kingdom of health -- The self master's colony : a home for the homeless -- Woodbine : immigrants on the land -- Roosevelt : new deal town -- Rova farms : preserving a culture -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aUtopia. New Jersey. For most people?even the most satisfied New Jersey residents?these words hardly belong in the same sentence. Yet, unbeknown to many, history shows that the state has been a favorite location for utopian experiments for more than a century. Thanks to its location between New York and Philadelphia and its affordable land, it became an ideal proving ground where philosophical and philanthropical organizations and individuals could test their utopian theories. In this intriguing look at this little-known side of New Jersey, Perdita Buchan explores eight of these communities. Adopting a wide definition of the term utopia?broadening it to include experimental living arrangements with a variety of missions?Buchan explains that what the founders of each of these colonies had in common was the goal of improving life, at least as they saw it. In every other way, the communities varied greatly, ranging from a cooperative colony in Englewood founded by Upton Sinclair, to an anarchist village in Piscataway centered on an educational experiment, to the fascinating Physical Culture City in Spotswood, where drugs, tobacco, and corsets were banned, but where nudity was widespread. Despite their grand intentions, all but one of the utopias?a single-tax colony in Berkeley Heights?failed to survive. But Buchan shows how each of them left a legacy of much more than the buildings or street names that remain today?legacies that are inspiring, surprising, and often outright quirky. 606 $aUtopian socialism$zNew Jersey$xHistory 606 $aImmigrants$zNew Jersey$xHistory 606 $aCommunities$zNew Jersey$xHistory 607 $aNew Jersey$xDescription and travel 615 0$aUtopian socialism$xHistory. 615 0$aImmigrants$xHistory. 615 0$aCommunities$xHistory. 676 $a307.7709749 700 $aBuchan$b Perdita$f1940-$01543004 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910778230403321 996 $aUtopia, New Jersey$93796250 997 $aUNINA