CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 The Evolution of the Modern Commune Movement
2 Rule by the Woodchucks: Drop City
3 Living in the Future: Libre
The Triumph of Monogamy: The Guild of Colorado
Aristocrats of the Dharma: The Lama Foundation
6 From Hobbitland to Subdivision: LILA
7 Love and Hate on Duncan’s Mesa: Morning Star East and
the Reality Construction Company
8 God and Woman: Maharaj Ashram
9 The War of Sonoma County: Wheeler Ranch
10 The Spirit of Free Enterprise: Ananda Cooperative Village
11 A Question of Trust: Talsalsan
12 Son of Sociology: Crook’s Creek
13 Forever Choice, Forever Changes: Saddle Ridge Farm
14 Commitment, Change, and the Two Faces of Subsidy:
Analysis and Interpretation
Children of Prosperity: The Destiny and Legacy of the
Modern Commune Movement
Appendix A: Notes on Fieldwork
Appendix B: Ethnographic Protocols
Bibliography
[ndex
|x
|
35
49
61
70
03
102
120
134
150
170
182
194
218
239
253
259
267
273
xi