 | The Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association Subjects: Northampton Association of Education and Industry; Collective settlements -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Utopian socialism -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Abolitionists -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Capitalism --; In telling the fascinating and little-known history of the Association, Christopher Clark offers insights into the "communitarian moment" of the 1840s which saw the establishment of dozens of utopian communities by Americans determined to challenge the tenets of their society. Christopher Clark is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York, in England. He is the author of The Roots of Rural Capitalism: Western Massachusetts, 1780-1860 , also from Cornell. |
