The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers
by Professor Stephen J. Stein
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Author: Professor Stephen J. SteinEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1994-02-23
ISBN: 0300059337
Number of pages: 574
Publisher: Yale University Press
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This book is for anyone who wants to understand "the shaker experience in America". I have to admit, it is a bit dry and text book like but this book is factual and dispells many myths that people have about the shakers. A must for anyone interested in this religion , in addition to visiting a Shaker site or museum collection
Summary of The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers
This engrossing book is the first general history of the Shakers from their origins in eighteenth-century England to the present day. Drawing on written and oral testimony by Shakers over the past two centuries, Stephen J. Stein offers a full and often revisionist account of the movement: the powerful charismatic leaders, the years of maturation and growth before the Civil War, the subsequent decline in fortune, and its adjustments to twentieth-century society. Shattering the romantic myths that have been perpetuated about the Shakers, Stein portrays a group that is factious, practical, and fully human.Shaker Books
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