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Miller has produced a well-organized and well-written book.-- ""Reading Religion"" Miller is essential reading for any scholar embarking upon a project involving intentional communities.-- ""Northeast Popular Culture Association"" Miller's book is full of interesting information presented in an engaging style.-- ""Communities Magazine"" The completion of Miller's three-volume series on American intentional communities of the twentieth century is an invaluable contribution to communal and utopian studies. His final volume opens the first scholarly window on the vast array of new American communal ventures from 1975 to 2000. The result is an intimate and insightful, engaging and encyclopedic view.-- ""Donald E. Pitzer, Director Emeritus of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana"" The extent of Miller's knowledge is dazzling: no other scholar could have even attempted such a book, much less realized the vision so completely. Miller provides the definitive map of late twentieth-century communalism, and documents the myriad ways that 1960s idealism has continued to flourish and evolve in communities across the United States.-- ""Dan McKanan, Emerson Senior Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School"" Tim Miller's look at communal groups that emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century contributes greatly to our understanding of the significance of utopian movements in the United States. Building upon the foundations laid in the first two volumes of this series, Miller extends our understanding of intentional communities beyond that of hippies and Hutterites. Although proponents of communitarianism are few, their influence and impact run deep, as this remarkable volume demonstrates.-- ""Rebecca Moore, author of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple"" Communes in America is a thorough and sympathetic chronicle of the groups Miller identifies as intentional communities that flourished in the last quarter of the twentieth century.-- ""Nova Religio"" Communes in America, clearly written and available in paperback, would be ideal for university courses. Miller's research, analysis and writing style provide engaging content, but the volume also offers a model for students. It presents accessible material and ideals without sacrificing scholarship.-- ""Religion, State and Society"" Communes in America, 1975-2000 is an excellent final volume in Miller's series, which itself is the first attempt to comprehensively study the intentional community phenomenon from 1900 to 2000.-- ""New York History""

Miller is essential reading for any scholar embarking upon a project involving intentional communities.--Northeast Popular Culture Association The completion of Miller's three-volume series on American intentional communities of the twentieth century is an invaluable contribution to communal and utopian studies. His final volume opens the first scholarly window on the vast array of new American communal ventures from 1975 to 2000. The result is an intimate and insightful, engaging and encyclopedic view.--Donald E. Pitzer, Director Emeritus of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana The extent of Miller's knowledge is dazzling: no other scholar could have even attempted such a book, much less realized the vision so completely. Miller provides the definitive map of late twentieth-century communalism, and documents the myriad ways that 1960s idealism has continued to flourish and evolve in communities across the United States.--Dan McKanan, Emerson Senior Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School Tim Miller's look at communal groups that emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century contributes greatly to our understanding of the significance of utopian movements in the United States. Building upon the foundations laid in the first two volumes of this series, Miller extends our understanding of intentional communities beyond that of hippies and Hutterites. Although proponents of communitarianism are few, their influence and impact run deep, as this remarkable volume demonstrates.--Rebecca Moore, author of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple Miller's book is full of interesting information presented in an engaging style.--Communities Magazine

The completion of Miller's three-volume series on American intentional communities of the twentieth century is an invaluable contribution to communal and utopian studies. His final volume opens the first scholarly window on the vast array of new American communal ventures from 1975 to 2000. The result is an intimate and insightful, engaging and encyclopedic view.--Donald E. Pitzer Director Emeritus of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana Tim Miller's look at communal groups that emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century contributes greatly to our understanding of the significance of utopian movements in the United States. Building upon the foundations laid in the first two volumes of this series, Miller extends our understanding of intentional communities beyond that of hippies and Hutterites. Although proponents of communitarianism are few, their influence and impact run deep, as this remarkable volume demonstrates.--Rebecca Moore author of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple The extent of Miller's knowledge is dazzling: no other scholar could have even attempted such a book, much less realized the vision so completely. Miller provides the definitive map of late twentieth-century communalism, and documents the myriad ways that 1960s idealism has continued to flourish and evolve in communities across the United States. --Dan McKanan Emerson Senior Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School

Tim Miller's look at communal groups that emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century contributes greatly to our understanding of the significance of utopian movements in the United States. Building upon the foundations laid in the first two volumes of this series, Miller extends our understanding of intentional communities beyond that of hippies and Hutterites. Although proponents of communitarianism are few, their influence and impact run deep, as this remarkable volume demonstrates.--Rebecca Moore author of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple The completion of Miller's three-volume series on American intentional communities of the twentieth century is an invaluable contribution to communal and utopian studies. His final volume opens the first scholarly window on the vast array of new American communal ventures from 1975 to 2000. The result is an intimate and insightful, engaging and encyclopedic view.--Donald E. Pitzer Director Emeritus of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana The extent of Miller's knowledge is dazzling: no other scholar could have even attempted such a book, much less realized the vision so completely. Miller provides the definitive map of late twentieth-century communalism, and documents the myriad ways that 1960s idealism has continued to flourish and evolve in communities across the United States. --Dan McKanan Emerson Senior Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School

Miller has produced a well-organized and well-written book.--Reading Religion Miller is essential reading for any scholar embarking upon a project involving intentional communities.--Northeast Popular Culture Association The completion of Miller's three-volume series on American intentional communities of the twentieth century is an invaluable contribution to communal and utopian studies. His final volume opens the first scholarly window on the vast array of new American communal ventures from 1975 to 2000. The result is an intimate and insightful, engaging and encyclopedic view.--Donald E. Pitzer, Director Emeritus of the Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana The extent of Miller's knowledge is dazzling: no other scholar could have even attempted such a book, much less realized the vision so completely. Miller provides the definitive map of late twentieth-century communalism, and documents the myriad ways that 1960s idealism has continued to flourish and evolve in communities across the United States.--Dan McKanan, Emerson Senior Lecturer, Harvard Divinity School Tim Miller's look at communal groups that emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century contributes greatly to our understanding of the significance of utopian movements in the United States. Building upon the foundations laid in the first two volumes of this series, Miller extends our understanding of intentional communities beyond that of hippies and Hutterites. Although proponents of communitarianism are few, their influence and impact run deep, as this remarkable volume demonstrates.--Rebecca Moore, author of Understanding Jonestown and Peoples Temple Miller's book is full of interesting information presented in an engaging style.--Communities Magazine

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Timothy Miller is professor of religious studies at the University of Kansas. He is the author of numerous books, including The Quest for Utopia in Twentieth-Century America: 1900–1960 and The 60s Communes: Hippies and Beyond.

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