Free love in utopia : John Humphrey Noyes and the origin of the Oneida Community / compiled by George Wallingford Noyes ; edited and with an introduction by Lawrence Foster.

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [©2001]

lvi, 370 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The Roots of an Extraordinary Community -- Cast of Characters -- Noyes Again at the Helm -- Settlement of the Putney Lawsuits -- Life in the Association: January 1849 -- The Spirit of Desertion: February to March 1849 -- Founding of the Brooklyn Branch: February to May 1849 -- Excommunication of Otis Miller: May 20, 1849 -- Community Fanaticism and Tensions: June 1849 to February 1850 -- Industry and Finance: August 1849 to July 1851 -- The Children's House: August 11, 1849, to February 2, 1851 -- Battle of Putney Rear Guard: September 2, 1849, to December 15, 1852 -- Relations with Outsiders: 1849-1853 -- Case of Francis Hyde: September to December 1850 -- Abigail Merwin: December 28, 1850, to July 16, 1851 -- Noyes's Trip to Europe: April 16 to June 4, 1852 -- The Wallingford Branch: May 1851 -- The Hubbard Quarrel: July 26, 1850, to January 12, 1851 -- Burning of the Printing-Office and Store: July 5-19, 1851 -- Sinking of the Sloop: July 16 to August 29, 1851 -- Mrs. Cragin's Position in the Church: September 4, 1851 -- Spiritualism, True and False: August 6 to December 4, 1851 -- Education and Amusements: August 19, 1851, to November 2, 1854 -- Collision of the Kingdom of God with Hades: September 1851 -- The Utica Indictments: September 27, 1851, to December 23, 1851 -- Editorial Attack by the New York Observer: January 22, 1852 -- The Putney "Senate": October 2, 1851, to February 17, 1852 -- A Concentric Convention: February 1 to October 31, 1852 -- Hostilities Renewed: April 1 to July 6, 1852.