All Things in Common: A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia
Ruth Brouwer, "All Things in Common: A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia "
English | ISBN: 1487507976 | 2021 | 224 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 1487507976 | 2021 | 224 pages | PDF | 4 MB
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 utopia owed its longevity to the cohesion provided by its communal organization, dense kin ties, and long-held millenarianism – and to a decidedly pragmatic approach to business.
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