documentary "Working for the Lord"
- see textbook chapter 12 - Age of Reforms
- communitarian & perfectionist reform
- celibacy, abstinence, pacifism, equality
- how did they live? why did they decline?
1. Harmony by George Rapp
- largest of the German communes
- New Harmony & Economy
2. Oneida by John H. Noyes
- in NY's "burned over district"
- complex marriage, mutual criticism
- why "most scandalous place"?
3. Shakers by Ann Lee
- in 18 communes with 5000 members
- why "far-reaching influence"?
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