`The Modern Utopian’ by Richard Fairfield is the definitive exploration of the alternative communities that redefined progressive culture in the ‘70s. Fairfield spent the better part of a decade visiting and reporting on communes of all types to create an intimate and fascinating view into communal living. This expansively illustrated compilation visits the notorious `Drop City’, John Sinclair’s `Translove Energies in Detroit’, Stephen Gaskin’s farm, and dozens of other alternative communities across the nation.