New Harmony and the Communitarian Movement
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Philosophy, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Industrial Revolution, Industrialization
- Curriculum: American Early National History (1789-1815)
- Geographical Location: Indiana
- Date: Spring, 1814-1830
Article abstract: Rapid modernization and industrialization encourage cooperative living experiments among those yearning for a simpler life.
Summary of Event
Founded in 1814, New Harmony, Indiana, was a small village located on the banks of the Wabash River in the southwestern part of the state. Its chief historical significance rests in the fact that it was the site of two experiments in communal living in the first part of the nineteenth century that reflected an important phase of U.S. social and cultural history during the pre-Civil War period. The...
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