{"product_id":"the-modern-utopian-richard-fairfield-9781934170151","title":"The Modern Utopian: Alternative Communities of the '60s and '70s","description":"\u003cp\u003eBack to the Land. Urban communes. Sustainable cooperatives. Thirty years ago, alternative communities swept the nation. Today, with sustainability, peak oil and retirement concerns, people of all ages are reviving and expanding notions of cooperative living as new communities form and thrive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Modern Utopian\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive exploration of the alternative communities that fascinated a nation and redefined progressive culture in the '60s and '70s, documented by those who knew it and lived it. This photo-illustrated compilation of articles visits the fabled Drop City, Morningstar Ranch, Timothy Leary at Millbrook, Detroit's Translove Energies, the still-thriving Twin Oaks and Stephen Gaskin's Farm, and dozens of other across the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn afterword by author Timothy Miller (\u003ci\u003eReligious Movements in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e) reveals how several hundred intentional communities now span the USA and more form every year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobal warming . . . recession . . . peak oil . . . data smog . . . by necessity and by choice, thousands of people are once again being drawn toward collective living, this time empowered by the successes and failures of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributions include writings by Alan Watts, Nick Tosches, and The Underground Press Syndicate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Fairfield, Timothy Miller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934170151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934170151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Process\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Richard Fairfield","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978826514687,"sku":"9781934170151","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3304df25-364f-417a-8853-b38a7dd54c16.jpg?v=1683243175","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-modern-utopian-richard-fairfield-9781934170151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}