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Utopian Societies - Derek Wang (The Shakers (Founded in England, in 1758,…
Utopian Societies - Derek Wang
Brook Farm
Located in Massachusetts
Founded in 1840s
Transcendentalism
Believed every person had power to connect with God
Idea the truth exists beyond human senses
Best known Utopian community
The Rappites
Established in Butler County, Pennsylvania
Religious freedom
Moved from Germany to U.S. in 1803
Shared everything
Bible was their sole authority
By 1814 - Had 700 people, 130 houses
Manufactured many excellent products
Textiles
Woolens
Wines
Whisky
Oneida Community
John Noyes - founder
Belief of perfection in life
Complex marriage
Everyone was married to whole community
Everybody shared property, meals, arrangements for raising children
Bible Communism
Manufactured many things
Brooms
Shoes
Flour
Lumber
Animal traps
The Shakers
Productive labor
Equality of men and women
Pacifism
Started an association of abolitionism
Dance was important to community
Name came from a dance move
Founded in England, in 1758, by Ann Lee
Brought to America in 1774
First harvested crops
Switched to producing furniture
Amana Colonies
Both men and women worked
Women's work was not similar to that of Shakers'
Two organizations
Religious
Secular
Only community to develop village network set in agricultural region
Labor/productivity was good
God's plan of contribution