A photographic history of Icaria-Speranza : a French utopian experiment at Cloverdale, California
Icaria-Speranza was a Utopian community based on the writings of French philosopher Etienne Cabet. In 1881, at Cloverdale, French immigrant families led by the Dehay and Leroux families began their social experiment in cooperative living based on solidarity and depending on an agrarian economy. It lasted until 1886. Icaria-Speranza was the only Icarian Colony in California and the last of seven established throughout the United States
Print Book, English, ©1989
The Society, Nauvoo, IL (RR 1, Box 207, Nauvoo 62354), ©1989