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Historical Dictionary of Utopianism
Morris, James M.; Kross, Andrea L.
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Description for Historical Dictionary of Utopianism
Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HR; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 690.
This Dictionary contains more than 600 dictionary entries on utopian thought and experimentation that span the centuries from ancient times to the present. The text not only covers utopian communities worldwide, but also its ideas from the well known such as those expounded in Thomas More's Utopia, and the ideas of philosophers and reformers from ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and from notable 20th-century figures. Included are the descriptions of utopian experiments attempted in the United Sates such as those of the Shakers, Oneida, Robert Owen, and the Fourierists, and elsewhere throughout the world from Europe ... Read more
This Dictionary contains more than 600 dictionary entries on utopian thought and experimentation that span the centuries from ancient times to the present. The text not only covers utopian communities worldwide, but also its ideas from the well known such as those expounded in Thomas More's Utopia, and the ideas of philosophers and reformers from ancient times, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and from notable 20th-century figures. Included are the descriptions of utopian experiments attempted in the United Sates such as those of the Shakers, Oneida, Robert Owen, and the Fourierists, and elsewhere throughout the world from Europe ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Series
Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810849129
SKU
V9780810849129
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About Morris, James M.; Kross, Andrea L.
James M. Morris is Professor Emeritus at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, where he taught American history, American military history, and Russian history. Andrea L. Kross is a freelance writer and former implementation consultant at Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a company that provides data profiling and indexing services to libraries across the nation.
Reviews for Historical Dictionary of Utopianism
...a useful compilation that the audience for which it is designed will find helpful in many aspects of their studies....a good reference work and deserves recognition as such...
Utopian Studies
A very brief history of utopianism occupies the book's dozen and a half pages of front matter. Even at its most brief, this brief for utopia is instructive ... Read more
Utopian Studies
A very brief history of utopianism occupies the book's dozen and a half pages of front matter. Even at its most brief, this brief for utopia is instructive ... Read more