The emergence of utopian communities from the mid-1820’s through the 1840’s was due to increasing industrialization of the United States, where some people saw it necessary to form separate communities because they believed that society was becoming too materialistic and losing their morals. Most utopian societies such as New Harmony, Brook Farm and the Oneida Community eventually failed, as peoples optimistic view of human nature could not be met. New Harmony was founded in 1825 and was based on communism. They believed that everyone was equal and would do the same amount of work for the same reward. The community failed as people did not do their fair share of work as it is human nature for some people to be more motivated than others and for some to let others do the work for
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They were optimistic and believed that manual labour and intellectualism could coincide with one another. This community failed as intellectuals did not know how to farm and it is unlikely that many writers would want to farm which therefore meant that the community could not be agriculturally supported.
The Oneida Community was founded in 1848 and practiced complex marriage and controlled breeding. They believed that everyone would share their spouses and that you had to have permission to have children. This communities lasted over 30 years due to their success in selling silverware and steel traps to the outside the community. Their failure was because of a new leader and the fact that people wanted to have traditional marriages as it is most humans nature to only want one partner as they may feel jealousy.
The growth of Industrialism in the United States in mid-1820’s through to the 1840’s caused the emergence of utopian societies such as New Harmony, Brook Farm and the Oneida Community, that all eventually failed, as peoples optimistic view of human nature could not be met.
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They were optimistic and believed that manual labour and intellectualism could coincide with one another. This community failed as intellectuals did not know how to farm and it is unlikely that many writers would want to farm which therefore meant that the community could not be agriculturally supported.
The Oneida Community was founded in 1848 and practiced complex marriage and controlled breeding. They believed that everyone would share their spouses and that you had to have permission to have children. This communities lasted over 30 years due to their success in selling silverware and steel traps to the outside the community. Their failure was because of a new leader and the fact that people wanted to have traditional marriages as it is most humans nature to only want one partner as they may feel jealousy.
The growth of Industrialism in the United States in mid-1820’s through to the 1840’s caused the emergence of utopian societies such as New Harmony, Brook Farm and the Oneida Community, that all eventually failed, as peoples optimistic view of human nature could not be met.
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