Setting the standard: how a four year utopian experiment established a six decade communal norm in Sointula, British Columbia

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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Kevin
dc.contributor.supervisorMacPherson, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-15T23:19:43Z
dc.date.available2009-12-15T23:19:43Z
dc.date.copyright2006en
dc.date.issued2009-12-15T23:19:43Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of History
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstract"Setting the Standard" examines over one hundred years in the existence of a British Columbia coastal community: Sointula "place of harmony ". From its beginnings as a socialist utopia settled by Finnish immigrants, to its place in the 1960s as a seemingly typical fishing community, peopled by a diverse ethnic mix. this thesis traces the ideological changes of the island's inhabitants over a six decade period. In doing so, this work uses Sointula as a case study to see how an ideological base first forms in a community and then how that ideology forms a standard that influences all succeeding community developments. Through this case study, particular historical events in the province surrounding the mining, logging and fishing industries, as well as the co-operative, labour union, and socialist movements are examined.en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationThis thesis ... is derived from a book that I wrote in 2005 entitled Practical dreamers: communitarianism and co-operatives on Malcolm Islanden
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/1982
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectSointulaen
dc.subjectcooperativesen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::History::Canada--Historyen
dc.titleSetting the standard: how a four year utopian experiment established a six decade communal norm in Sointula, British Columbiaen
dc.typeThesisen

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