Communal organization and social transition
Subtitle: a case study from the counterculture of the sixties and seventies
By: Barry Laffan.
Series: American university studies. Series XI, Anthropology and sociology ;; vol. 46; American university studies.; vol. 46.
Publisher: P. Lang; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Communal living -- United States -- Case studies.; Subculture -- United States -- Case studies.; United States -- Social conditions -- 1960-1980.
Description: This unique study traces the life cycle of a counterculture commune of the late 1960s as part of a regional network and national movement. Through exhaustive field research in a setting viewed as a virtual social laboratory, it provides fascinating insights into many social concerns involving order and disorder in revolutionary and evolutionary change.

It examines such issues as conflict, violence, stratification, and interdependence in the self-proclaimed cooperative, peaceful, classless, and self-sufficient "new society." The reasons for the many failures as well as successes of experimental efforts are outlined, along with enduring impacts on participants and the surrounding region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-284) and index.