New World Utopias: A Photographic History of the Search for Community

A photographic survey of communal life in the American West from 1870 to the time of publication. Nearly 300 photographs, many never before published. Some were discovered by Paul Kagan among the remains of vanished communities, others taken by Kagan himself. The photographs and accompanying text bring vividly to life political, religious and occult communities from Fountaingrove and Icaria Speranza to Pisgah Grande and the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center. All hold valuable lessons for the world of the future.