All Things in Common: A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia

Ruth Brouwer

Published by University of Toronto Press 2021

All Things in Common

A Canadian Family and Its Island Utopia

Ruth Brouwer

In the series Canadian Social History Series

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487537289

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About this book

All Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and business pragmatism in its cohesion and longevity.

Author / Editor information

Brouwer Ruth :

Ruth Compton Brouwer is a professor emerita in the Department of History at King's University College, Western University.

Reviews

Beth Moore Milroy, Toronto Metropolitan University:

"Two exemplary contributions to Canadian social history stand out in Ruth Compton Brouwer’s All Things in Common. One is her illustration of how several research areas, such as family, religion, migration, land occupation, and rural life are connected to the utopian form of settlement, a type largely absent from Canadian historical research. Brouwer’s second contribution is to show how a utopian case can be explored sensitively yet dispassionately by a professional historian who is also a descendant of the family at the centre of the story."

Edward MacDonald, Professor of History and Classics, University of Prince Edward Island:

"Written with wisdom, grace, and an understated wit, All Things in Common demonstrates a rare gift for marrying the local with the universal. In doing so, Ruth Compton Brouwer makes a significant contribution to the study of utopian communities, to rural history in Canada, and to the historiography of Prince Edward Island."

Cynthia Comacchio, Professor of History, Wilfrid Laurier University:

"A flowing narrative about personalities, lives, loves, successes, setbacks, and just plain carrying on, as ordinary people do, everywhere and in all times, this is an exemplar of the trickiest of all achievements: a compelling personal history that is also a significant scholarly contribution."

John Reid, Professor Emeritus of History, Saint Mary’s University:

"All Things in Common traces meticulously the migration patterns and religious influences that shaped the utopian enterprise in twentieth-century Prince Edward Island known as B. Compton Limited, and portrays compellingly its intricate dynamics. Ruth Compton Brouwer has crafted a study of family and communitarianism that has wide-ranging importance, just as in its day the community itself attracted international attention."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I Unsettled Maritimers
1 Loyalist William and His Namesake in the Maritime Colonies: “Movement Became a Habit” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 Te Comptons and Colonial Prince Edward Island: Settlement and Spirituality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3 On the Road Again: Sojourners and Religious Renegades in the Post-Confederation Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
PART II Prince Edward Island’s Unique “Brotherly Love” Community
4 Te Founding and Growth of an Island Utopia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5 Living in Community: Family, Faith, and Fame Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
6 Restiveness Within, Pressures from Without: Te Road to Dissolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	99
7 Life beyond Community: Diverse Paths in an Era of Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	114
Concluding Reflections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 224
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 16
- Other: 16 b&w illustrations
Keywords: family; utopias; communalism; communitarianism; Maritimes; Prince Edward Island; religion; rural life; twentieth century; genealogy; Atlantic Canada; PEI; B. Compton Limited; island utopia

eBook

Published: June 29, 2021
ISBN: 9781487537289