Handbook of the Oneida Community. Containing a Brief Sketch of Its Present Condition, Internal Economy and Leading Principles. No. 2.

Anonymous (collective authorship), Oneida Community

Published by Oneida, Oneida Community, 1871.

About this Item

Small 8vo. Polished red wrappers. Very early date for one of these guides; No. 1, published in 1867, is the earliest listed in WorldCat. Very good, fresh condition, right edge of front wrapper and title page with 3/4" tear. Printed by the Oneida Community. Rear with advertisements for several publications by John Humphrey Noyes, including a guide to "Male Continence, or Self Control in Sexual Intercourse." Despite the reputation of the community for "free love," a term in fact coined by Noyes, recent scholarship shows that sexual activity was paradoxically tightly controlled in a hierarchical manner by Noyes. Search our listings using the keyword Utopianism for related items.

Seller Inventory # 5107

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of the Oneida Community. Containing a Brief Sketch of Its Present Condition, Internal Economy and Leading Principles. No. 2.
• Publisher: Oneida, Oneida Community, 1871.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Seller catalogs:
  • Catalogue XXXXXI (LI) Rare, Curious, Varia