RT Book
T1 Oneida: from free love Utopia to the well-set table
A1 Wayland-Smith, Ellen 1966-
LA English
PP New York
PB Picador
YR 2016
ED First edition
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/857591665
AB "Amidst the religious fervor of the Second Great Awakening, John Humphrey Noyes, a spirited but socially awkward young man, attracted a group of devoted followers with his fiery sermons about creating Jesus'' millennial kingdom here on earth. Noyes and his followers built a large communal house in rural New York where they engaged in what Noyes called "complex marriage," an elaborate system of free love where sexual relations with multiple partners was encouraged. Noyes was eventually inspired to institute a program of eugenics, known as "stirpiculture," to breed a new generation of Oneidans from the best members of the Community--many fathered by him. When Noyes died in 1886, the Community disavowed Noyes' disreputable sexual theories and embraced their thriving business of flatware. Oneida Community, Limited would go on to become one of the nation's leading manufacturers of silverware, and their brand a coveted mark of middle-class respectability in pre- and post-WWII America. Told by a descendant of one of the Community's original families, Oneida is a captivating story that straddles two centuries to reveal how a radical, free-love sect, turning its back on its own ideals, transformed into a purveyor of the white picket fence American dream. -  For readers of Jill Lepore, Joseph J. Ellis, and Greg Grandin"--
CN HX656.O5
SN 9781250043085
K1 Noyes, John Humphrey : 1811-1886
K1 Oneida  Community : History
K1 Oneida, ltd : History
K1 Social reformers : United States : Biography
K1 Collective settlements : New York (State) : History
K1 Free love : New York (State) : History : 19th century
K1 Silver flatware : United States : History : 19th century
K1 Tableware : United States : History : 20th century