Oneida: From Free Love Utopia to the Well-Set Table
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (832 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1250043085 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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A terrific read! J.L. Davis A fascinating, insider's look at the Oneida community. Wayland-Smith explores the darker corners of the utopian dream, using a rich trove of archival material. Her crisp, elegant prose keeps the reader hooked from beginning to end. A terrific read!. "A great and wild read" according to H. T. Price. This is a fascinating book--a wild ride from free love utopia in New York to the silver kings of Oneida. Its great for American history buffs and an amazing family tale told by one of the descendants with the "inside" goods. I learned a lot about religion and advert. "A FASCINATING READ" according to Sara Chaplin. A must read for anyone interested in the evolution of religious movements in the United States.Well-written and a riveting read.
A smartly contextualized tale of ‘the tension between radical social critique and unapologetic accommodation…tween communal harmony and individual striving.’”Kirkus Reviews. This book is a fascinating look into the strange history of Oneida silverware and how its origins reflect an exhilarating period of American history.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)“This compelling narrative seamlessly threads the unlikely alliance between a ‘free lo
Amid the fervor of the religious revival known as the Second Great Awakening, John Humphrey Noyes, a spirited but socially awkward young man, attracted a group of devoted followers with his fiery sermons about creating Jesus’ millennial kingdom here on Earth. Noyes established a revolutionary community in rural New York centered around achieving a life free of sin through God’s grace, while also espousing equality of the sexes and “complex marriage,” a system of free love where sexual relations with multiple partners was encouraged. Converted into a joint-stock company, Oneida Community, Limited, would go on to become one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of silverware, and their brand a coveted mark of middle-class respectability in pre- and post-WWII America.Told by a descendant of one of the Community’s original families, Ellen Wayland-Smith's
A descendent of John Humphrey Noyes, the founder of the Oneida community, she lives in Los Angeles with her family. Ellen Wayland-Smith teaches in the Writing Program at the University of Southern California, and received her PhD. Oneida is her first book. in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.