Utopianism and radicalism in a reforming America, 1888-1918

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Utopianism and radicalism in a reforming America, 1888-1918

Francis Robert Shor

(Contributions in American history, no. 178)

Greenwood Press, 1997

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Bibliography: p. [193]-211

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Utopianism and radicalism achieve greater prominence when economic and social crises render the dominant moral and political universe open to question. The essays in this book examine how utopianism and radicalism informed the literary expressions, political discourse, communal experiments, and cultural projects in the U.S. from 1888 to 1918. In particular, these essays track how socialism, anarchism, syndicalism, feminism, and black nationalism contested the ideological terrain during a period when reform ideas and movements were beginning to reshape that terrain. The degree to which utopianism and radicalism were involved in that reformulation, either in its expanse or its constraint, is of prime interest throughout the book. Teachers and students interested in utopian studies, American studies, and the cultural/intellectual history of the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era will find this book highly useful.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "A Better World's in Birth" Utopianism and Radicalism in Literary Expressions The Ideological Matrix of Reform in Late Nineteeth-Century America: Reading Bellamy's Looking Backward The "New Woman" in Turn-of-the-Century Utopian Fiction: Bellamy's Equality and Gilman's "A Woman's Utopia" Racial Boundaries and "Hidden" African-American Utopias: Griggs's Imperium in Imperio and Hopkins's "Of One Blood" Socialism and Its Discontents: London's The Iron Heel and Reader Response Utopianism and Radicalism in Political and Communal Projects Journeying to Socialism: Communal Experiments in the 1890s Anarchist Utopianism in the Progressive Era Oppositional Utopianizing and the Political/Cultural Project: The Paterson and Star of Ethiopia Pageants From Socialist Colony to Socialist City: The Llano del Rio Experiment in California Conclusion: The Dilemmas of Utopianism and Radicalism in a Reforming America Selected Bibliography Index

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