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"O sisters ain't you happy?" : gender, family, and community among the Harvard and Shirley Shakers, 1781-1918 / Suzanne R. Thurman.
Van Pelt Library BX9768.H3 T48 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thurman, Suzanne Ruth.
- Series:
- Women and gender in North American religions
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakers.
- Shaker women--Massachusetts--Shaker Village--History.
- Shaker women.
- Shakers--Massachusetts--Shaker Village--History.
- Families--Religious aspects--Shakers.
- History.
- Shaker Village (Mass.)--Church history.
- Shaker Village (Mass.).
- Shaker women--Massachusetts--Shirley (Town)--History.
- Shakers--Massachusetts--Shirley (Town)--History.
- Shirley (Mass. : Town)--Church history.
- Shirley (Mass. : Town).
- Families--Religious aspects--Shakers--History of doctrines.
- Families.
- Massachusetts--Shirley (Town).
- Massachusetts--Shaker Village.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 262 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1. Planting the "Gospel" 11
- 2. Gathering the Believers 24
- 3. Constructing Community 41
- 4. The Boundaries of Gender 54
- 5. Labor and Gender 67
- 6. Creating an Identity 80
- 7. The Era of Manifestations 94
- 8. The Woman Question 114
- 9. Embracing the World 129
- 10. The Price of Worldliness 143
- 11. The Dissolution of Harvard and Shirley 159
- A. Membership Statistics 183
- B. Population Statistics for Harvard and Shirley 199.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815629060
- 0815629346
- OCLC:
- 46975078
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