Globalization of communes [[electronic resource] ] : 1950-2010 / / Yaacov Oved

• Autore: Oved Iaácov
• Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Transaction Publishers, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (326 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.774
• Soggetto topico: Communal living - History - 20th century; Collective settlements - History - 20th century; Social change; Globalization - Social aspects
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: The Globalization of Communes and Cooperative Communities""; ""1 The Fiftiesâ€?The First Buds""; ""2 US Communes in the Sixties: The High Tide""; ""3 The Seventiesâ€? Communesâ€?Stability and Diversity""; ""4 The Eighties: From Decline to Recovery""; ""5 Expansion and Diversity in the 1990s""; ""6 Communes and Cooperative Communities at the Turn of the Century""; ""7 A Collective Profile of the Communes and Intentional Communities""; ""8 The Kibbutz Movement and the Communes""; ""9 A Personal Afterword""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: "A scholarly and fascinating look at the concept of the commune around the world, Globalization of Communes: 1950-2010 is a must for anyone who wants to better understand cooperative living in a more impersonal world." -Library Bookwatch Oved observes that those who predicted the failure of communes and intentional communities failed to appreciate the extent to which people in today's society aspire to communal life.
• Titolo autorizzato: Globalization of communes
• ISBN: 1-351-51727-9; 0-203-79065-0; 1-4128-4905-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910807282303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II