The obsolete necessity : America in utopian writings, 1888-1900 / by Kenneth M. Roemer
1976, First Edition. Ohio: Kent State University Press. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #382459
ISBN: 0873381785
Physical description: xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-213) and index.
Contents; Utopias and Utopian Authors: Possibilities and Limits -- Time: Puritan History Revisited -- Space: Virgin Land Again? -- The Individual: Converted, Led, Whitewashed and Conditioned -- Filling the Belly and the Soul -- Shaping Time, Space and Individuals with Machines, Schools and Mothers -- The Simplicity and Unity of a Day in Utopia -- The "City upon a Hill": New Visions, Old Dreams -- The Obsolete Necessity: America as Utopia. Subjects: Utopie. Geschichte 1888-1900. 1800-1899. Geschichte 1888-1900 Utopias United States. Utopias History 19th century. Utopias in literature. American fiction History and criticism.
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