The Communistic Societies of the United States, by Charles Nordhoff, [1875], at sacred-texts.com
THE COMMUNISTIC SOCIETIES
OF
THE UNITED STATES
FROM PERSONAL VISIT AND OBSERVATION
INCLUDING DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF THE
ECONOMISTS, ZOARITES, SHAKERS, THE AMANA, ONEIDA, BETHEL, AURORA, ICARIAN, AND OTHER EXISTING SOCIETIES, THEIR RELIGIOUS CREEDS, SOCIAL PRACTICES, NUMBERS, INDUSTRIES, AND PRESENT CONDITION.