1. Alternative Americas
   An informal history by the grandmother of the counter-culture
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1982
   
2. Coming Back to Life
   Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1998
   A guidebook for dealing with the despair that stands in the way our our changing the world.
   
3. Commune (intentional community)
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   An intentional community of people living together, sharing common interests, property, possessions, resources, work and income.
4. The Communistic Societies of the United States
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1965
   Describes a dozen Utopian societies.
5. The Connexions Annual: Introductions to the directory & its sections
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1994
   
6. Connexions Annual Resource and Reading List
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Published: 1994
   A short and selective list of resources on issues addressed in the Connexions Annual, such as environment, education, peace, interntional development, women's issues, urban issues, housing, human rights, civil liberties, social change.
7. Counterculture
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   Sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day.
8. Group Marriage
   A Study of Contemporary Multilateral Marriage
   Resource Type: Book
   Published: 1973
   
9. Hippies
   Connexipedia Article
   Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
   A subculture which was originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world.
10. PEPCON
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    Published: 1990
    
11. Sex and Marriage in Utopian Communities in Nineteenth Century America
    Nineteenth-Century America
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1973
    A look at original approaches to sex and marraige in the utopian communities of nineteenth-century America. Many of these communities abolished monogamy and individualism and sought ways of dealing with the sexual life of the group as a whole.
12. '68: The Year of the Barricades
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1988
    Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening around the world.
    
13. Strange Cults and Utopias of 19th Century America
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1966
    Histories of communal experiments and communities in the United States.
14. Underground Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    
15. Voyages To Utopia
    From Monastery to Commune - The Search for the Perfect Society in Modern Times
    Resource Type: Book
    Published: 1989
    The story of William McCord's exploration of utopian communities, both in person and through literature.
    
16. Why Do Communities Fail?
    Resource Type: Article/Report/Letter
    The strains that take their toll on community groups.

Experts on Alternative Lifestyles in the Sources Directory

1. Federation of Canadian Naturists (FCN)
2. Loving More