Religious scholars, anthropologists, and historians of America and the Anabaptist faiths will find this objective-yet-appreciative account of the Hutterites' distinct North American culture to be a valuable and fascinating study both of the religion and of a viable alternative to modern-day capitalism.

Rod Janzen is a Distinguished Scholar and a professor of history and social science education at Fresno Pacific University. He is the author of The Fall and Rise of Synanon, also published by Johns Hopkins. Max Stanton is a professor of anthropology and geography at Brigham Young University, Hawaii. He has been writing about Hutterites since 1988.