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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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
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George Ripley notableWork Brook Farm
George Ripley founded Brook Farm
Millennium Park (Boston) hasNearbyFeature Brook Farm historic site
subject linked to: Millennium Park
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George William Curtis educatedAt Brook Farm community
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Chapter VII: The Convalescent settingContext utopian community of Blithedale
linked to: Brook Farm
Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House contrastsWith the utopian community of Blithedale
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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
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Sophia Willard Dana Ripley associatedWith Brook Farm utopian community
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Charles Fourier influenced Brook Farm community
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Charles A. Dana memberOf Brook Farm community
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