Utopia: Intentional Communities in America, 1630-1997  

Professor: Sarah McMahon

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Donald E. Pitzer, "Appendix:  America's Communal Utopias Founded by 1965," America's Communal Utopias (UNC Press, 1997), pp.449-494.  Pitzer has compiled a list of American communal utopias, listed alphabetically by movement and community, from a variety of sources including "all available previously printed lists" (449).  Each entry includes the community or movement name/alternate name(s); founding and ending dates; founders and/or leaders; location(s);  type of community.

Timothy Miller, "Appendix:  American Communes Active 1960-1975," The 60s Communes:  Hippies and Beyond (Syracuse University Press, 1999), pp. 249-286.