| Abstrakt: |
Chapter VII of the book "The Communistic Societies of the United States," by Charles Nordhoff is presented. It offers information on the Icarians, a French utopian movement, founded by Etienne Cabet, who led his followers to the U.S. where they established some communes. It accounts on the history and origin. It states that the Icarians believed that by eliminating the social classes, poverty would be eliminated, and everyone could then contribute to the whole and obtain a peaceful existence. |
