TY - JOUR AU - Schwartz, T. P. PY - 1974/06/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - 19th century American utopias as destratification experiments JF - The Greek Review of Social Research JA - Grsr VL - 21 IS - 0 SE - Articles DO - 10.12681/grsr.231 UR - https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/ekke/article/view/6890 SP - 250-263 AB - <p>The destratification experiences of a number of the more<br />important 19th century American utopias, with emphasis on<br />the Oneida and Shaker communities, are described and are<br />evaluated as to individual and communal costs and benefits.<br />While these utopian ventures were often quite successful as<br />destratification experiments, at least for brief periods of time,<br />the factors that contributed to this success, and the factors<br />that contributed to the longterm viability of the communities<br />as social systems, were often antithetical. The implications<br />of this study concerning a number of important issues in<br />stratification theory are discussed.</p> ER -