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The promise of paradise : utopian communities in B.C. / [Andrew Scott].

Title
The promise of paradise : utopian communities in B.C. / [Andrew Scott].
Author
Scott, Andrew, 1947-
Publication
Vancouver : Whitecap Books, c1997.

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Description
223 p. : ill., maps, ports.; 22 cm.
Subject
  • Utopias > History
  • Collective settlements > History
  • Utopies > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire
  • Communautés > Colombie-Britannique > Histoire
Genre/Form
History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-216) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: Promised lands -- A beacon of light: William Duncan and Metlakatla -- New Fjordland: the Norwegian colonies of Hagensborg and Quatsino -- Meadow at the end of the world: Cape Scott and its Danish settlers -- Harmony Island: the Finnish colony of Sointula -- All things strive for perfection: the story of the Doukhobors -- The apostle of darkness: Brother XII and the Aquarian foundation -- Living on the land: post-war alternative experiments -- WWW.UTOPIA: intentional communities in B.C. today.
ISBN
1551106221 (pbk.) :
LCCN
cn^97910658^
OCLC
37368655
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library