| Author |
Codman, John Thomas |
| Title |
Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
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| Note |
Reading ease score: 63.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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| Credits |
Produced by Tiffany Vergon, Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
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| Summary |
"Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs" by John Thomas Codman is a historical account written in the mid-19th century. The book details the social experiment at Brook Farm, a utopian community established by a group of Transcendentalists in New England, focusing on agriculture, education, and cooperative living. It explores the lives of the founders and members, including prominent figures such as George Ripley, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and other notable individuals of the time, while detailing their ideals and ambitions for social reform. The opening of the memoir introduces the complex beginnings of the Brook Farm movement, highlighting the influence of Transcendentalism and the desire for a reformed social order in early 19th-century America. Codman describes the philosophical underpinnings of the community, emphasizing the members' commitment to transcending the limitations of traditional society. It showcases the founding figures, their motivations, and the initial setup of the farm, establishing an environment ripe for both intellectual engagement and labor. The narrative sets the stage for the readers to understand the challenges and aspirations of the Brook Farm community, marking the start of a significant chapter in American social history. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Language |
English |
| LoC Class |
HX: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism
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| Subject |
Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
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| Category |
Text |
| EBook-No. |
7932 |
| Release Date |
Apr 1, 2005 |
| Most Recently Updated |
Oct 13, 2012 |
| Copyright Status |
Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads |
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