"Community: A Vision"

1837 Marriott, Rev. Joseph. “Community: A Vision.” The New Moral World, And Manual of Science, no. 138 - 140, 143, 145-46, 148 - 155 (June 17 - July 1, July 22, August 5 - 12, August 26 - October 14, 1837): 277-79; 287-88; 296; 318-20; 336; 344; 359-60; 367-68; 376; 383-84; 390-92; 399-400; 406-08; 416. Rpt. as Community: A Drama. Manchester, Eng.: A. Heywood/London: Wakelin, [1838].

Communal eutopia. Status and gender equality. Much use of machinery to save labor. Temperance but not prohibition. Children taught as they undertake easy work. The first installment in The New Moral World has a note appended saying “A vision we hope to see realized shortly.--Ed.” See also his A Catechism of Circumstances; or, the Foundation Stone of a Community. Manchester, Eng.: A. Heywood, 1840. 2nd ed. Salford, Eng.: Published by the “Association of All Classes of All Nations”/Manchester, Eng.: A. Heywood/London: Wakelin/London: Hetherington, [1841]. 8 pp. NN. The Catechism explicitly follows the position of Robert Owen (1771-1858).