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INTRODUCTION

11

     SUBJECTS OF THE INQUIRY

11

     THE CONDITION AND NECESSITIES OF LABOR

15

     MISTAKE OF THE TRADES-UNIONS

17

     REASONS FOR IT

18

     LABOR SOCIETIES, AS AT PRESENT MANAGED, MISCHIEVOUS

21

THE AMANA SOCIETY

25

     ITS HISTORY AND ORIGIN

26

     AMANA IN 1874

31

     SOCIAL HABITS AND CUSTOMS

32

     RELIGION AND LITERATURE

43

THE HARMONISTS AT ECONOMY

63

     ECONOMY IN 1874

65

     HISTORY OF THE HARMONY SOCIETY

69

     ITS RELIGIOUS CREED

85

     PRACTICAL LIFE

81

     SOME PARTICULARS OF "FATHER RAPP"

91

THE SEPARATISTS OF ZOAR

99

     ORIGIN AND HISTORY

99

     THEIR RELIGIOUS FAITH

103

     PRACTICAL LIFE AND PRESENT CONDITION

110

THE SHAKERS

117

     "MOTHER ANN"

118

     THE ORDER OF LIFE AMONG THE SHAKERS

135

     A VISIT TO MOUNT LEBANON

151

     DETAILS OF ALL THE SHAKER SOCIETIES

179

     SHAKER LITERATURE

214

     "SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS"

232

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THE ONEIDA AND WALLINGFORD PERFECTIONISTS

259

     ORIGIN AND HISTORY

259

     THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEF

268

     DAILY LIFE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

277

     SUNDAY AT ONEIDA

287

     "CRITICISM" AND "PRAYER-CURES"

293

THE AURORA AND BETHEL COMMUNES

305

     AURORA IN OREGON

305

     BETHEL IN MISSOURI

324

     THEIR HISTORY AND RELIGIOUS FAITH

329

THE ICARIANS

333

THE BISHOP HILL COLONY

343

     ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY

344

     CAUSES OF ITS FAILURE

349

THE CEDAR VALE COMMUNE

353

THE SOCIAL FREEDOM COMMUNITY

357

THREE COLONIES—NOT COMMUNISTIC

361

     ANAHEIM, IN CALIFORNIA

361

     VINELAND, IN NEW JERSEY

366

     SILKVILLE PRAIRIE HOME, IN KANSAS

375

COMPARATIVE VIEW AND REVIEW

385

     STATISTICAL

385

     COMMUNAL POLITICS AND POLITICAL ECONOMY

392

     CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE

399

     INFLUENCES OF COMMUNISTIC LIFE

406

     CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES OF COMMUNISTIC LIVING

409

BIBLIOGRAPHY

421

INDEX

435