paradise now the story of american utopianism

Although Shaker communities were economically successful, farming and producing distinctive architecture and handicrafts, the Shakers’ numbers eventually dwindled. Beginning in the late 18th century, a Protestant sect known as the Shakers established more than a dozen communal settlements in the eastern United States. Most of the earliest such communities were religious.

The 19th century is said to have been a golden age for American utopianism. The impulse to gather together with groups of like-minded people in the hope of discovering better ways of living still exists today, embodied in a diverse array of groupings, including communes, eco-villages, survivalist camps, religious communities, and mystical retreats. Although economic factors often made such projects unsustainable in the long term and members tended to float away over time, some utopian and experimental communities left significant marks on American life.

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