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Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands: Compiled by Clara Endicott Sears with Transcendental Wild Oats

Bronson Alcott's Fruitlands: Compiled by Clara Endicott Sears with Transcendental Wild Oats

Alcott, Louisa M.

Paperback

Biographies GeneralHistorical FiguresRegional: New England

ISBN10: 1789875404
ISBN13: 9781789875409
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Published: Jan 1 1876
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This chronicle of Fruitlands, an agrarian community established in Harvard, Massachusetts, details the philosophy, creation and failure of the settlement.

Founded by Bronson Alcott in 1843, Fruitlands was intended to be a utopian commune sustained by its own agriculture. The philosophical concepts of Transcendentalism, and its assertions regarding human morality and the potential of self-reliance, formed a cerebral bedrock. Yet the practical considerations of living were less accounted for: many residents preferred to philosophize than work the fields and animal labor was forbidden; the result being a shortage of food available to feed residents over winter. The strict living standards also caused discontent, and the project failed when unhappy occupants departed the site in January 1844.

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