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Utopian communities of Florida : a history of hope
2016
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Florida has long been viewed as a land of hope and endless possibilities. Visionaries seeking to establish new communities where they could escape the influences of society at large have turned to Florida to construct their utopias--from the vast plantations of British philanthropists and entrepreneurs in the eighteenth century to the more exotic Koreshan Unity and its theory that humans live in the center of a Hollow Earth. Some came to the Sunshine State seeking religious freedom, such as the settlers in Moses Levy's Jewish colony, while others settled in Florida to establish alternative lifestyles, like the spiritualists of Cassadaga. Still others created their communities to practice new agricultural techniques or political philosophies. Historians Joe Knetsch and Nick Wynne examine a number of these distinctive utopian communities and how they have contributed to Florida's unique social fabric. - (Arcadia Publishing)

"Florida has long been viewed as a land of hope and endless possibilities. Visionaries seeking to establish new communities where they could escape the influences of society at large have turned to Florida to construct their utopias from the vast plantations of British philanthropists and entrepreneurs in the eighteenth century to the more exotic Koreshan Unity and its theory that humans live in the center of a Hollow Earth. Some came to the Sunshine State seeking religious freedom, such as the settlers in Moses Levy s Jewish colony, while others settled in Florida to establish alternative lifestyles, like the spiritualists of Cassadaga. Still others created their communities to practice new agricultural techniques or political philosophies. Historians Joe Knetsch and Nick Wynne examine a number of these distinctive utopian communities and how they have contributed to Florida s unique social fabric."--Page 4 of cover. - (Baker & Taylor)

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Acknowledgements 7(2)
Introduction 9(4)
Chapter 1 "We Live Inside": Cyrus Teed and the Koreshan Unity
13(16)
Chapter 2 Andrew Turnbull and the New Smyrna Colony
29(16)
Chapter 3 Moses Levy's Plan for a Jewish Utopia in Middle Florida
45(16)
Chapter 4 An Urban Utopia: Melbourne Village
61(16)
Chapter 5 Catholic Hope in San Antonio: A Different Kind of Utopia
77(12)
Chapter 6 Cassadaga: Spiritualism's Utopia
89(16)
Chapter 7 Penney Farms: Business on the Farm and Rewards for the True Believers
105(20)
Chapter 8 The Yamato Colony
125(8)
Chapter 9 The Cooperative Colony at Crystal Springs
133(12)
Chapter 10 Utopia Government-Style: Withlacoochee, Escambia Farms and Cherry Lake Farms
145(12)
Chapter 11 A Utopia of the Mind: Defuniak Springs and the Southern Chautauqua
157(10)
Selected Bibliography 167(4)
Index 171(4)
About the Authors 175

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