Maclure of New Harmony : scientist, progressive educator, radical philanthropist / Leonard Warren.

Author/creator Warren, Leonard, 1924-
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2009.
Descriptionxii, 343 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects
Maclure, William, 1763-1840.
Geologists--United States. --Biography.
Geological surveys--United States. --History. --19th century.
Educators--United States. --Biography.
Educational change--United States. --History. --19th century.
Social reformers--United States. --Biography.
Utopias--United States. --History. --19th century.
New Harmony (Ind.)--History. --19th century.
United States--Social conditions. --To 1865.

Contents Origins and the Making of a Life -- Philadelphia (1796-1800) -- Political and Economic Philosophy -- European Sojourn (1800-1808) -- The Maclurean Era of American Geology -- Introduction of Progressive Education to the United States -- The Grand Tour of Europe (1809-1815) -- Patron of the Natural Sciences -- Spanish Years and Return to America -- Robert Owen, Maclure, and the Utopian Commune -- Harmonie to New Harmony -- A Boatload of Knowledge -- Education in New Harmony -- Trouble in Paradise -- Out of the Ashes -- Withdrawal to Mexico -- Crippling Losses of Madame Fretageot and Thomas Say -- New Harmony Adrift -- The Working Men's Institute and the Death of William Maclure.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008051604
ISBN9780253353269 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253353262 (cloth : alk. paper)