| Description |
viii, 256 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index. |
| Contents |
Imagining places : literary utopias and the far-away -- Drawing lines : modernity and utopia -- Planning harmony : Charles Fourier and utopian socialism -- New cities -- Social utopias -- Ecotopias : frameworks -- Ecotopias : practices -- Mud-brick utopias -- A barefoot society -- Case 1, Economy, Pennsylvania, USA -- Case 2, Arcosanti, Arizona, USA -- Case 3, Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India -- Case 4, Christiania, Copenhagen, Denmark -- Case 5, Ufa-Fabrik, Berlin, Germany -- Case 6, Uzupio, Vilinius, Lithuania -- Case 7, Cambridge Cohousing, Massachusetts, USA -- Case 8, Ecovillage at Ithaca, New York State, USA -- Case 9, ZEGG, Belzig, Germany. |
| Summary |
International in scope with a focus on everyday life and governance issues, this study looks at today's efforts to build a new society, exploring detailed case analyses within a wide theoretical and cross disciplinary framework |
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Utopias
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Utopias -- Case studies
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Communal living
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Communal living -- Case studies
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Collective settlements
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Collective settlements -- Case studies
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| ISBN |
9780415375764 (softback) |
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0415375762 (softback) |
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9780415375757 (hardback) |
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0415375754 (hardback) |
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9780203099124 |
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0203099125 |
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