Brook Farm
Subtitle: The Dark Side of Utopia
Publisher: Belknap Press; Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Published: April 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780674011601
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Social History; Social groups & communities; c 1800 to c 1900; Massachusetts; Collective settlements; History - U.S.; United States - 19th Century; Sociology; United States - State & Local - New England; History / United States / 19th Century; Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.); Boston; Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbu; History; Transcendentalism (New England)
Description: "Life at Brook Farm resembled an Arcadian adventure, in which the days began with the choir singing Mozart and Haydn and ended with drama and dancing. But how accurate is this image? In the first comprehensive examination of the famous utopian community in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Sterling Delano reveals a surprisingly grim side to paradise as the Brook Farmers faced relentless financial pressures, a declining faith in their leaders, and smoldering class antagonisms." From the bookjacket.