All Things in Common : : A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia / / Ruth Brouwer.
In the first decade of the twentieth century, a few closely related families established a utopian community in Canada’s smallest province. Known officially as B. Compton Limited but described by a journalist in 1935 as "Prince Edward Island’s unique ‘brotherly love’ community," this utopi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Canadian Social History Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) :; 16 b&w illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- PART I Unsettled Maritimers
- 1 Loyalist William and His Namesake in the Maritime Colonies: “Movement Became a Habit”
- 2 Te Comptons and Colonial Prince Edward Island: Settlement and Spirituality
- 3 On the Road Again: Sojourners and Religious Renegades in the Post-Confederation Era
- PART II Prince Edward Island’s Unique “Brotherly Love” Community
- 4 Te Founding and Growth of an Island Utopia
- 5 Living in Community: Family, Faith, and Fame
- 6 Restiveness Within, Pressures from Without: Te Road to Dissolution
- 7 Life beyond Community: Diverse Paths in an Era of Change
- Concluding Reflections
- Notes
- Index