Oneida: from free love Utopia to the well-set table
"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 comm...
| Autres titres: | From free love Utopia to the well-set table |
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| Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publié: |
New York
Picador
May 2016
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| Dans: | Année: 2016 |
| Édition: | First edition |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Oneida Community
/ USA
/ Histoire 1840-1880
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AZ Nouveau mouvement religieux |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Tableware (United States)
History 20th century
B Silver flatware (United States) History 19th century B Oneida Community History B Noyes, John Humphrey (1811-1886) B Oneida, ltd History B Free love (New York (State)) History 19th century B Collective settlements (New York (State)) History B Social reformers (United States) Biography |
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| Résumé: | "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"-- |
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| ISBN: | 1250043085 |