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America and the Utopian Dream
URL: http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/utopia/

Description:
An introduction to American utopias "from the first Puritan settlements to the communes of the 1960s" as presented through literary works and manuscript collections. Features images of works and commentary for utopian literature such as "Das Kapital" and "Erewon," dystopian literature such as "Brave New World" and "1984," and material on utopian communities such as the Shakers, Brook Farm, Oneida, and Halycon, California. From the Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

LII Topics: Philosophy, Utopias

Publisher:
Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Extra Keywords
anit-utopia

LII Database Information:
Record 27437 created by Maria Brandt on 12/09/2008
Last modification on 05/01/2009
Published: 06/17/2009  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27437

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