| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) |
| Series |
Library of Alabama Classics |
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Library of Alabama classics.
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| Contents |
The Fairhope single tax theory -- Background, organization and location of the Fairhope Industrial Association -- An inauspicious beginning -- Constitutional amendments and the first division among the colonists -- The first appraisement -- Suggestions and demands by the Chicago Single Tax Club, 1897 -- Initial provisions of public services and facilities -- Incorporation of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation -- "Do you see the cat?" -- Incorporation of the town of Fairhope; adjustments of the colony thereto -- Two Fairhope institutions: the People's Railroad and the School of Organic Education -- Adoption of the Somers system -- The Melville suit -- Attempts to neutralize the effects of the Florida boom -- The Single Tax Corporation supersedes the Single Tax Colony -- "Materially, the colony is doing well ..." -- Accessibility of Fairhope Single Tax Corporation land; some problems of policy -- Financial effects of limiting payment of property taxes for lessees -- An opinion on the survival value of the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation |
| Summary |
"On November 15, 1894, a small group of men and women met on a bleak stretch of bay shore near Mobile, Alabama, to establish a colony. It was a decidedly Utopian undertaking in a period characterized by many similar social experiments and ideal communities, most of them failures. This group, which gathered at 'Stapleton's Pasture' to found Fairhope, hoped to demonstrate the benefits of the single tax as a means of curing social and economic evils. They hoped to make a practical test of the doctrines of Henry George. Today, the wealth of parks, downtown developments, public and private schools, a library, modern infrastructure, and attractive commercial and residential sections all attest to Fairhope's unique position among many other older communities in the same region. Its residents represent a diverse array of interests and talents, and as a haven for many artists, writers, and musicians, it embodies a strong regard for individualism and a higher tolerance for nonconformists than many communities of its size. Paul E. and Blanche R. Alyea's study of Fairhope, first published in 1954, is the history of this unique and improbable community, and the single-tax social experiment that gave rise to it. A new introduction by the historian and long-time Fairhope resident Tennant McWilliams provides invaluable context and entertaining anecdotes concerning not only Fairhope's founding, but the lives of the Alyeas, the couple who thought to first set down this history, and for abiding relevance and value of their study for today's visitors and residents"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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"First edition published 1956 by the University of Alabama Press"--Title page verso |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation.
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| SUBJECT |
Fairhope Single Tax Corporation fast |
| Subject |
Single tax.
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Single tax
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| SUBJECT |
Fairhope (Ala.) -- History
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| Subject |
Alabama -- Fairhope
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Alyea, Blanche R., author
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McWilliams, Tennant S., 1943- writer of introduction.
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| ISBN |
9780817394042 |
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0817394044 |
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