Search for a new Eden : James Pierrepont Greaves (1777-1842), the sacred socialist and his followers
"Search for a New Eden, the first full-length study of James Pierrepont Greaves (1777-1842) and his followers, places them in the context of early nineteenth-century movements of particular interest to historians today. Greaves' Alcott House, or the Concordium, at Ham Common in Surrey was named after the American Transcendentalist and educator, Bronson Alcott, who visited it in 1842. Alcott returned to New England with two of Greaves' followers, and with his family and Charles Lane set up the short-lived experiment in communal living, Fruitlands. Alcott House, meanwhile, suffered from internal conflict and the community expired in 1848"--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©1999
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses, Madison, London, ©1999