Volume 1 to date1981-date

Prepared by Lyman Tower Sargent and Gina Walker

TITLES OF BOOKS REVIEWED

A

Against the Wind: Eberhard Arnold and the Bruderhof (Baum) 19 (1999): 134-35.

All Possible Worlds: Utopian Experiments in British Columbia (Brown) 16 (1996): 105-06.

All Things New: American Communes and Utopian Movements, 1860-1914 (Fogarty) 11 (1991): 93-95.

Alternative Lifestyles: A Guide to Research Collections on Intentional Communities, Nudism, and Sexual Freedom (Selth) 7 (1987): 109-10.

Amana: From Pietist Sect to American Community (Barthel) 5 (1985): 217-18.

American Communes to 1860; A Bibliography (Dare) 12 (1992): 134-35.

American Utopias (Nordhoff) 15 (1995): 133-34.

America's Communal Utopias (Pitzer, ed.) 17 (1997): 121-24.

America's Utopian Experiments (Berry) 13 (1993): 136-37.

The Amish in the American Imagination (Weaver-Zercher) 23 (2003):  153-54.The Amish on the Iowa Prairie, 1840 to 1910 (Reschly) 21 (2001): 140-41.

Amish Society. Rev. 3rd ed. (Hostetler) 1 (Autumn 1981): 87-88.

The Amish Struggle with Modernity (Kraybill and Olshan, eds.) 15 (1995): 141-43.

Ananda--Where Yoga Lives (Ball) 4 (1984): 262-63.

The Angel and the Serpent: The Story of New Harmony (Wilson) 7 (1987): 104-05.

B

Banished for Faith, 3rd ed. (Waltner) 16 (1996): 121-23.

Beyond Counterculture: The Community of Mateel (Anders) 15 (1995): 143-45.

Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies (Madden) 19 (1999): 129-30.

Bones and Ash (Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati) 24 (2004): 159-160.

The Book of Shaker Furniture (Kassay) 1 (Autumn 1981): 83-84.

The Boundaries of Utopia (Weisbrod) 3 (1983): 182-84.Brethren Society: The Cultural Transformation of a "Peculiar People" (Bowman) 21 (2001): 130-34.

A Brief Account of the People Usually Denominated Shakers (Blackburn/Introduction De Wolfe) 17 (1997): 111-12.

Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a Changing World (McLaughlin and Davidson) 7 (1987): 112-13.

Builders of the Dawn: Community Lifestyles in a Changing World (McLaughlin and Davidson) 8 (1988): 125-26.

Building Sisterhood: A Feminist History of Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, comps.) 18 (1998): 115-16.

C

Child of the Wild Wind (Garden) 25 (2005): The Chronicle of the Hutterian Brethren (Volume 1: Das Grosse Geschichbuch der Hutterian Brüder) (The Hutterian Brethren) 8 (1988): 126-28.

Communal Love at Oneida: A Perfectionist Vision of Authority, Property, and Social Order (DeMaria) 7 (1987): 106-08.

The Communitarian Moment: The Radical Challenge of the Northampton Association (Clark) 17 (1997): 112-14.

Communities Directory:  A Guide to Intentional and Cooperative Living (Fellowship for Intentional Community) 22 (2002): 147-48.

Community on the American Frontier: Separate but not Alone (Hine) 4 (1984): 249-50.

The Concept of Utopia (Levitas) 14 (1994): 129-30.

Cooperative Communities: How to Start Them and Why (Kriyananda) 4 (1984): 264-65.

Crisis and Transformation:  The Kibbutz at Century's End (Ben-Rafael) 22 (2002): 137-39.

Crucible of the Millennium: The Burned-Over District in New York in the 1840s (Barkun) 7 (1987): 111.

D

Das Echo Halles:  Kulturelle Wirkungen des Pietismus (Lächele) 22 (2002): 163-65.

Das Vergessene Volk: Ein Jahr bei den Deutschen Hutterern in Kanada (Holzach) 4 (1984): 258-59.

Desire and Duty at Oneida:  Tirzah Miller's Intimate Memoir (Fogarty) 23 (2003):  155-59.

Die Kunst des Teilens.  Eine vergleichende Untersuchung zu den Ünberlebensbedingungen kommunitärer Gruppen (Brumann) 22 (2002): 145-46.

Dictionary of American Communal and Utopia[n] History (Fogarty) 1 (Autumn 1981): 85.

Distant Brothers: History of the Relations Between the Bruderhof and the Kibbutz (Oved) 16 (1996): 107-10.

Drawn from Nature: The Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons (Van Ravenswaay) 5 (1985): 219.

Drop City (Boyle) 23 (2003):  160-61.

E

An Early View of the Shakers: Benson John Lossing and the Harper's Article of July, 1857 (Gifford, ed.) 9 (1989): 123.

Eco-Villages and Sustainable Communities (Gilman and Gilman) 15 (1995): 131-32.

The Edward Deming Andrews Memorial Shaker Collection (McKinstry, comp.) 9 (1989): 125-26.

The European Journals of William Maclure (Maclure/Doskey, ed.) 11 (1991): 104.

Experimental Americans:  Celo and Utopian Community in the Twentieth Century (Hicks) 22 (2002): 159-60.

Extraordinary Groups: The Sociology of Unconventional Life-Styles, 2nd ed. (Kephart) 3 (1983): 184-86.

F

Fair, Clear, and Terrible: The Story of Shiloh, Maine (Nelson) 11 (1991): 99-100.

Fanny Wright: Rebel in America (Eckhardt) 5 (1985): 213-14.

A Fearful Innocence (Davis) 2 (Autumn 1982): 94-95.

Fire, Salt, and Peace: Intentional Christian Communities Alive in North America (Janzen and others in Shalom Mission Communities) 17 (1997): 116-17.

Free from Bondage (Pleil) 16 (1996): 106-07.

From Utopian Dreaming to Communal Reality? Cooperative Lifestyles in Australia (Metcalf, ed.) 16 (1996): 118-19.Fruit of the Vine: A History of the Brethren, 1708-1995 (Durnbaugh) 21 (2001): 130-34.

G

Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World (Weisman) 18 (1998): 116-18.The Gayndah Communes: From Aborigines and Squatters through Communes to Rural Depopulation in the Gayndah Area (Metcalf) 21 (2001): 127-29.

George Rapp's Years of Glory: Economy on the Ohio 1834-1847 (Arndt) 14 (1994): 130-32.

Gift Drawing and Gift Song: A Study of two forms of Shaker Inspiration (Patterson) 4 (1984): 250-52.

God's Government Begun: The Society for Universal Inquiry and Reform, 1842-1846 (Hamm) 16 (1996): 113-15.

The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Cities (Hayden) 3 (1983): 180-82.

Great Possessions: An Amish Farmer's Journal (Kline) 11 (1991): 101-02.

A Guide to Shaker Music--With Music Supplement (Hall) 17 (1997): 128-29.

Gustave Stickley's Craftsman Farms.  The Quest for an Arts and Crafts Utopia (Hewitt) 22 (2002): 140-41.

H

The Hippie Trip. (Latona) 25 (2005):  185-187.

The Hippies and American Values (Miller) 12 (1992): 129-30.

Historic New Lanark: The Dale and Owen Industrial Community Since 1785 (Donnachie and Hewitt) 16 (1996): 125-26.

The History of the Kibbutz: Communal Education, 1904-1929 (Porat) 7 (1987): 112.

The History of the Kibbutz: Communal Education, 1904-1929 (Porat) 8 (1988): 130-32.

Holding the Line: The Telephone in Old Order Mennonite and Amish Life (Umble) 17 (1997): 117-20.

Hutterite Beginnings: Communitarian Experiments during the Reformation (Packull) 18 (1998): 107-09.

Hutterite Society (Hostetler) 17 (1997): 128.The Hutterites: Lives and Images of a Communal People (Hofer) 21 (2001): 142-43.

I

Les Icariens: The Utopian Dream in Europe and America (Sutton) 19 (1999): 131-33.

Industrial Colonies and Communities (Jackson) 10 (1990): 128-29.

Interracialism and Christian Community in the Postwar South: The Koinonia Farm (K'Meyer) 18 (1998): 111-13.

Is It Utopia Yet? An Insider's View of Twin Oaks Community in Its Twenty-Sixth Year (Kinkade) 16 (1996): 115-17.

J

Jewish Agricultural Colonies in New Jersey, 1882-1920 (Eisenberg) 16 (1996): 112-13.

K

The Kibbutz Movement, a History.  Volume 1:  Origins and Growth, 1909-1939 (Near) 22 (2002): 157-58.

Kidnapped from That Land: The Government Raids on the Short Creek Polygamists (Bradley) 14 (1994): 123-24.

L

A Lasting Spring (Kinsley/Rich, ed.) 5 (1985): 211-13.

Letters from a Young Shaker: William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill (Stein, ed.) 5 (1985): 210-11.

Life and Conduct of the Late Brother Ezechiel Sangmeister (Sangmeister/trans. Schindler) 9 (1989): 129.

M"Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati--Sharing the Heart: A Guide to Caregiving" 21 (2001): 123-24.

Maps of the Shaker West: A Journey of Discovery (Boice, Covington, and Spence) 17 (1997): 128.

Marxian and Christian Utopianism: Toward a Socialist Political Theology (Marsden) 15 (1995): 138-40.

Marxists & Utopians in Texas (Fischer) 4 (1984): 259-60.

Mary's City of David (Taylor) 17 (1997): 125-27.

Mennonite Women of Lancaster County: A Story in Photographs 1855-1935 (Siegrist) 17 (1997): 124-25.

Millennialism and Violence (Barkun, ed.) 17 (1997): 128.

Miracles and Prophecies in Nineteenth-Century France (Kselman) 4 (1984): 261-62.

More Wives Than One:  Transformation of the Mormon Marriage System, 1849-1910 (Daynes) 22 (2002): 142-44.

Mormonism in Conflict: The Nauvoo Years (Hampshire) 7 (1987): 113.

Mormonism in Conflict: The Nauvoo Years (Hampshire) 8 (1988): 129-30.

Mother's First-Born Daughters: Early Shaker Writings on Women and Religion (Humez) 13 (1993): 142-43.

Music of the Shakers (Record) (Terri) 3 (1983): 179-80.

N

New Arcadias, Robert Owen, and the Landscape of Utopia: New Lanark and New Harmony (Eyres, ed.) 13 (1993): 138-40.

O

'O Sisters Ain't You Happy?' Gender, Family, and Community Among the Harvard and Shirley Shakers, 1781-1918 (Thurman) 22 (2002):  155-56.

On the Backroad to Heaven:  Old Order Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren (Kraybill and Bowman) 22 (2002): 161-62.

Origins of the Shakers: From the Old World to the New World (Garrett) 18 (1998): 109-11.

P

The Palgrave Companion to North American Utopias (Friesen) 24 (2004): 155-158.

Partnership for Posterity: The Correspondence of William Maclure and Marie Duclos Fretageot, 1820-1833 (Elliott, ed.) 15 (1995): 134-36.

Passionate Liberator: Theodore Dwight Weld and the Dilemma of Reform (Abzug) 3 (1983): 186-87.

Pilgrims of a Common Life: Christian Community of Goods Through the Centuries (Saxby) 10 (1990): 124-25.

Planned and Utopian Experiments: Four New Jersey Towns (Stellhorn) 2 (Autumn 1982): 89-90.

The Plough and the Pen: Paul S. Gross and the Establishment of the Spokane Hutterian Brethren (Youmans) 16 (1996): 110-11.

Preditorsk Prey, and Other Kinfolk:  Growing Up in Polygamy (Solomon) 25 (2005):  195-198.

Propheten der Goethezeit: Sprache, Literatur und Wirkung der Inspirierten (Schneider) 16 (1996): 123-25.

The Pursuit of a Dream (Hermann) 22 (2002): 153-154.

Q

The Quest for Utopia in Twentieth-Century America: Volume I: 1900-1960 (Miller) 21 (2001): 138-39.

R

Radical Religion in America: Millenarian Movements from the Far Right to the Children of God (Kaplan) 21 (2001): 135-37.

Radical Sects of Revolutionary New England (Marini) 2 (Autumn 1982): 91.

Red Star: The First Bolshevik Utopia (Bogdanov/ed. Graham and Stites) 6 (1986): 190-92.

Religion, Society, and Utopia in Nineteenth-Century America (Mandelker) 4 (1984): 252-53.

The Reluctant Radicals: Jacob Beilhart and the Spirit Fruit Society (Murphy) 11 (1991): 102-03.

The Riddle of Amish Culture (Kraybill) 24 (2004): 147-149.

The Righteous Remnant: The House of David (Fogarty) 2 (Autumn 1982): 92-94.

The Rise and Fall of Synanon, A California Utopia (Janzen) 22 (2002): 151-52.

Robert Owen:  Owen of New Lanark and New Harmony (Donnachie) 22 (2002): 149-50.

S

The Salvation Army Farm Colonies (Spence) 6 (1986): 189-90.

The Second Coming: Popular Millenarianism, 1780-1850 (Harrison) 4 (1984): 255-56.

A Separate Canaan: The Making of an Afro-Moravian World in North Carolina, 1763-1840 (Sensbach) 18 (1998): 113-15.

Seven American Utopias: The Architecture of Communitarian Socialism, 1790-1975 (Hayden) 2 (Autumn 1982): 87-88.

Shaker Cities of Peace, Love, and Union: A History of the Hancock Bishopric (Burns) 15 (1995): 136-38.

Shaker Communities, Shaker Lives (Brewer) 7 (1987): 111-12.

Shaker Communities, Shaker Lives (Brewer) 10 (1990): 125-26.

Shaker Furniture Makers (Grant and Allen) 11 (1991): 95-99.

The Shaker Holy Land: A Community Portrait (Horgan) 3 (1983): 175-76.

The Shaker Holy Land: A Community Portrait (Horgan) 9 (1989): 126.

Shaker Songs: Come to Zion (Norumbega Harmony and The Singers of Hancock Shaker Village) 14 (1994): 125-27.

The Shaker Spiritual (Patterson) 3 (1983): 177-79.

The Shaker Spiritual Narrative (Sasson) 7 (1987): 105-06.

Shaker Village Views: Illustrated Maps and Landscape Drawings by Shaker Artists of the Nineteenth Century (Emlen) 11 (1991): 95-99.

The Shakers and the World's People (Morse) 1 (Autumn 1981): 86.

The Shakers and the World's People (Morse) 9 (1989): 123.

Shaking the Faith:  Women, Family, and Mary Marshall Dyer's Anti-Shaker Campaign, 1815-1867 (De Wolfe) 23 (2003):  151-52.Shared Lives, Personal Journeys. The Spirit of Camphill Soltane 21 (2001): 125-26.

Shared Visions, Shared Lives: Communal Living Around the Globe (Metcalf) 17 (1997): 120-21.

A Singular People:  Images of Zoar (Fernandez) 24 (2004): 161-162.

The Sodus Shaker Community (Wisbey) 3 (1983): 176-77.

A Sort of Utopia, Scarsdale, 1891-1981 (O'Connor) 4 (1984): 254-55.

Spirit Fruit: A Gentle Utopia (Grant) 11 (1991): 102-03.

The Spirit and the Flesh: Sex in Utopian Communities (Lauer and Lauer) 4 (1984): 257-58.

T

Technological Utopianism in American Culture (Segal) 5 (1985): 208-10.

This Strange Society of Women: Reading the Letters and Lives of the Woman's Commonwealth (Kitch) 14 (1994): 134-35.

Torches Extinguished: Memories of a Communal Bruderhof Childhood in Paraguay, Europe, and the U.S.A. (Bohleken-Zumpe) 16 (1996): 107-10.

The Transformation of Moravian Bethlehem: From Communal Mission to Family Economy (Smaby) 10 (1990): 127-28.

Two Airedale Landscapes: St. Ives and Saltaire (Eaglestone, Eyres, Griffiths, Rawnsley, eds.) 13 (1993): 138-40.

Two Hundred Years of American Communes (Oved) 13 (1993): 143-45.

U

The Unbounded Frame: Freedom and Community in Nineteenth-Century American Utopianism (Fellman) 5 (1985): 214-16.

Under the Banner of Heaven:  A Story of Violent Faith (Krakauer) 25 (2005):  195-198.

The Utopian Alternative: Fourierism in Nineteenth-Century America (Guarneri) 12 (1992): 132-34.

Utopian Episodes: Daily Life in Experimental Colonies Dedicated to Changing the World (Kesten) 14 (1994): 127-28.

The Utopian Novel in America: 1888-1896: The Politics of Form (Pfaelzer) 7 (1987): 112.

The Utopian Novel in America: 1888-1896: The Politics of Form (Pfaelzer) 9 (1989): 128.

The Utopian Vision of Charles Fourier: Selected Texts on Work, Love, and Passionate Attraction (Fourier/Beecher and Bienvenu, eds.) 5 (1985): 216-17.

Utopias (Alexander and Gill, eds.) 7 (1987): 108-09.

Utopias on Puget Sound (LeWarne) 2 (Autumn 1982): 96-97.

V

Visions of Utopia (Rothstein, Muschamp, and Marty) 24 (2004): 150-154.

W

When Prophets Die: The Postcharismatic Fate of New Religious Movements (Miller, ed.) 12 (1992): 131-32.

Women, Family, and Utopia: Communal Experiments of the Shakers, the Oneida Community, and the Mormons (Foster) 16 (1996): 120-21.

Women in Shaker Community and Worship: A Feminist Analysis of the Uses of Religious Symbolism (Procter-Smith) 8 (1988): 128-29.

Women in Spiritual and Communitarian Societies in the United States (Chmielewski, Kern, and Klee-Hartzell, eds.) 14 (1994): 132-33.

Women of Fair Hope (Gaston) 5 (1985): 207-08.

Z

Zig-Zag and Swirl: Alfred Lawson's Quest for Greatness (Henry) 13 (1993): 140-41.

Zion City, Illinois: Twentieth Century Utopia (Cook) 17 (1997): 114-16.