Coming of Age in Utopia

by Gaston, Paul M.

• ISBN13: 9781588382252
• ISBN10: 1588382257
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-31
• Publisher: Newsouth Inc

Summary

In this exquisitely wrought memoir of a committed life, historian, and civil rights activist, Paul Gaston reveals his deep roots in Fairhope---the unique Utopian community founded in 1894 by his grandfather on the shores of Mobile Bay, Alabama. Fairhope grew into a unique political, economic, and educational experiment and a center of radical economic and educational ideals. As time passed, however, Fairhope's radical nature went into decline. By the early 1950s, the author began to look outward for ways to take part in the coming struggle---the civil rights movement. Gaston's career at the University of Virginia, where he taught from 1957-97, forms the core of Coming of Age in Utopia.

Table of Contents

Prologue Homeward Bound	p. 9
Roots	p. 31
Living the Dream	p. 68
Soldier and Student	p. 102
Decision Making	p. 133
The Virginia Mystique	p. 170
Movement Building	p. 208
Government by Demonstration	p. 245
Widening Vistas	p. 285
Epilogue With Fair Hopes	p. 332
Acknowledgments	p. 342
Index	p. 346
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