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Utopia and the “Second American Revolution” : The Fourierist Movement in the United States. 1840-1860

Carl J. Guarneri  |  1992 / n° 3 |  avril 2017



Abstract

During the 1840s, the American Fourierists identified themselves as a "third voice" ; in the intense debate over American social development, rejecting bothe the free-labor system northern capitalism and the slave-labor system of the Southern in favor of a cooperative "Second American Revolution" ;. Despite its surprising influence, this Fourierist challenge was defeated by the failure of its communal experiments anti its absorption into the anti-slavery crusade that brought on the Civil War.

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Index

Lieux : Brook Farm, Massachusetts (Etats-Unis) - Etats-Unis - New York, Etats-Unis - Raritan Bay, New Jersey - Silkville, Kansas (Etats-Unis)

Notions : Association - Coopération - Esclavage - Essai - Guerre de Sécession - Historiographie - Phalanstère - Presse - Propagande

Personnes : Brisbane, Albert - Channing, William - Godwin, Parke - Greeley, Horace - Valeton de Boissière, Ernest

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GUARNERI Carl J. , « Utopia and the “Second American Revolution” : The Fourierist Movement in the United States. 1840-1860 », Cahiers Charles Fourier , 1992 / n° 3 , en ligne : http://www.charlesfourier.fr/spip.php?article22 (consulté le 5 juin 2023).


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