Charles Nordhoff (1830-1901) was a journalist, editor and author. Robert Fogarty is editor of The Antioch Review
and author of books on Utopian communities.
Summary
American Utopias gives an intriguing look at America's many unique collective communities. This first-hand account
was first published in 1875 while all the early major communities were still thriving, offering contemporary accounts
of the Amana Society, the Shakers, Separatists of Zoar, the Oneida and Wallingford Perfectionists, the Aurora and
bethel Communes, the Icarians, and many others.
