Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Notes on the Texts; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 The Call for "Uncommon Schools": Transcendentalist Educational Reform; 3 Amos Bronson Alcott's "Theatre of Action": Education at the Temple School; 4 "Intercommunion of Minds": Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, Margaret Fuller, and the Culture of Conversation; 5 An "Embryo University": Brook Farm and Fruitlands as a Social Experiment in Education; 6 Conclusion: The Limits of Education; 7 Bibliography; Backcover
