Herrnhut : Australia's first utopian commune / William J. Metcalf and Elizabeth Huf.
Herrnhut : Australia's first utopian commune / William J. Metcalf and Elizabeth Huf.
Herrnhut : Australia's first utopian commune / William J. Metcalf and Elizabeth Huf.
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Carlton South, VIC : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
Date
2002.
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307.77409/1
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English
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Physical content
xiv, 167 p., [20] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Johann Friedrich Krumnow -- 2. Utopian Communalism, an Ancient Dream -- 3. The Restless Immigrant -- 4. Herrnhut Commune Takes Root -- 5. Toil, Harvest, Happiness and Dissent -- 6. Maria Heller and Hill Plain Commune -- 7. The Strains of Expansion -- 8. The End for Johann Friedrich Krumnow -- 9....
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Carlton South, VIC : Melbourne University Press, 2002.
Date Published
2002.
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"This is the story of Australia's first utopian commune. Johann Friedrich Krumnow and his followers fled Germany to escape religious oppression and to seek a safe haven for their radical way of life. Herrnhut, the settlement they established in western Victoria in 1852, was based on a strange blend of Moravian Christianity, personal charisma, mille...
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Herrnhut : Australia's first utopian commune / William J. Metcalf and Elizabeth Huf.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 156-159.
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307.77409/1
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74VvbkKp6xEZ
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0522849938
9780522849936
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307.77409945
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991014921579702626
