Brook Farm

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Brook Farm was a 19th-century transcendentalist utopian community in Massachusetts that sought to combine intellectual pursuits with cooperative agricultural labor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former populated place ⓘ
intentional community ⓘ
transcendentalist community ⓘ
utopian community ⓘ
adoptedModel Fourierist phalanx ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economicBasis communal ownership of productive property ⓘ
cooperative agriculture ⓘ
shared labor ⓘ
educationPolicy emphasized liberal education ⓘ
offered co-educational schooling ⓘ
endDate 1847 ⓘ
foundedBy George Ripley ⓘ
Sophia Ripley ⓘ
genderPolicy promoted greater equality for women ⓘ
hadActivity farming ⓘ
lectures ⓘ
literary discussions ⓘ
teaching ⓘ
hadResident Charles A. Dana ⓘ
George Ripley ⓘ
Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ
Sophia Ripley ⓘ
hadVisitor Margaret Fuller ⓘ
Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ
hasPurpose to combine intellectual pursuits with manual labor ⓘ
to create a more equitable social organization ⓘ
to provide a community for transcendentalist thinkers ⓘ
heritageStatus designated a National Historic Site area ⓘ
listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inspiredBy Charles Fourier ⓘ
Transcendentalism ⓘ
utopian socialism ⓘ
knownFor association with American transcendentalists ⓘ
experiment in communal living ⓘ
progressive education practices ⓘ
literaryInfluence inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel "The Blithedale Romance" ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts ⓘ
New England ⓘ
Norfolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ
West Roxbury, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: West Roxbury
organizationalForm joint-stock company ⓘ
partOf 19th-century American utopian movement ⓘ
reasonForDecline financial difficulties ⓘ
fire at the main building in 1846 ⓘ
religiousOrientation Unitarian background ⓘ
socialOrientation egalitarian ⓘ
reformist ⓘ
startDate 1841 ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Bronson Alcott → founded → Fruitlands ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
George Ripley → notableWork → Brook Farm ⓘ
George Ripley → founded → Brook Farm ⓘ
Millennium Park (Boston) → hasNearbyFeature → Brook Farm historic site ⓘ
subject linked to: Millennium Park
linked to: Brook Farm
George William Curtis → educatedAt → Brook Farm community ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Chapter VII: The Convalescent → settingContext → utopian community of Blithedale ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House → contrastsWith → the utopian community of Blithedale ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
West Roxbury → hasLandmark → Brook Farm Historic Site ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Sophia Willard Dana Ripley → placeOfActivity → Brook Farm, Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Sophia Willard Dana Ripley → memberOf → Brook Farm community ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Sophia Willard Dana Ripley → associatedWith → Brook Farm utopian community ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Charles Fourier → influenced → Brook Farm community ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Charles A. Dana → memberOf → Brook Farm community ⓘ
linked to: Brook Farm
Sophia Ripley → residence → Brook Farm ⓘ
Sophia Ripley → participantIn → Brook Farm ⓘ
Sophia Ripley → workLocation → Brook Farm ⓘ
Fourierist phalanx → influenced → Brook Farm ⓘ