Everyday utopia : what 2,000 years of wild experiments can teach us about the good life
Book |
First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition. |
Simon & Schuster,
New York :
2023.
- 3 of 3 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | SOCIAL GHODS 2023 | Social & Cultural Studies | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Grimsby | 335.02 Gho | Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | 335.02 Gho | Adult Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"A spirited tour through 2,500 years of utopian thinking and experiments to tease out better ways of imagining our domestic lives - from childrearing and housing to gender roles and private property - and a look at the communities putting these seemingly fanciful visions into practice today"--
Details
- ISBN: 9781982190217
- Physical Description: xvi, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Formatted Contents Note:
To Boldly Know Where No One Has Known Before: How Blue Sky Thinking Can Set Us Free -- Home is Where the Walls Are: Thinking Outside the Single-Family Box -- Kids as Public Goods: Why the Privatization of Childhood is Bad for Families -- The Good School: Educating the Next Generation of Social Dreamers -- Imagine No Possessions, I Wonder Why We Can't: How Sharing Our Things Can Open Our Hearts -- Shall I Compare Thee to a Violent Ape?: Why Our Families Are Nuclear -- You and Me and Baby Makes Misery: Expanding Our Networks of Love and Care -- The Star Trek Game Plan: How Radical Hope Defeats Dystopian Despair.