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Owings, Loren C. – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1990
Following brief background on the Oneida Community, a nineteenth-century communitarian sect, this bibliography lists a catalog, 2 microfilm collections, 15 newspapers and periodicals, 111 books and articles, and 11 doctoral dissertations on the sect. Many entries are annotated. (MES)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Collective Settlements, Group Experience, Religious Organizations
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Contemporary Education, 1987
This theme issue examines New Harmony, the site of two utopian experiments in the nineteenth century. This history of the Harmonists and their lasting impact on public education is discussed in a series of articles. (MT)
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Secondary Education, Group Experience
Hewes, Dorothy W. – 1993
This review of the literature about fictional and actual utopian communities focuses on parents and children in American utopias. Introductory comments explore the history and defining characteristics of utopias. The next section highlights references to women, children, education, and parenting in several fictional utopias, including Plato's…
Descriptors: Collective Settlements, Early Childhood Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
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Boyer, LaNada – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 1994
Describes early Indian activism at the University of California, Berkeley, and the role of Indian student organizations in the occupation of Alcatraz Island. Examines the planning of the occupation, unity and contention among the group of participants, leadership, celebrities who visited the island, and the role of the media in activism. (SV)
Descriptors: Activism, American Indian History, American Indians, Civil Disobedience