Colorado Co-operative Colony: The Brook Farm of the West

Communal Societies 2026 Open access

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Authors: Michael Clark, Pamela J. Clark
DOI: 10.9707/0739-1250.1537
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Abstract

It was in 1841, just outside of Boston "on 160 acres of beautiful rolling hills with a brook, pine woods, and broad meadows" 1 that George Ripley, former Unitarian minister and editor of the Transcendentalist publication, The Dial, founded the Brook Farm

Fields of Study & Subjects

Legal and Social Philosophy Collaborative and Sustainable Housing Initiatives Cooperative Studies and Economics

Publication details

Journal / source
Communal Societies
Volume
25
Issue
1
Publication date
28 January 2026
Language
EN