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The Old German Baptist Brethren : faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge / Charles D. Thompson, Jr.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Thompson, Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), 1956-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Old German Baptist Brethren.
German Americans--Virginia--Franklin County--History.
German Americans.
Old German Baptist Brethren--Virginia--Franklin County--History.
Brethren (Church of the Brethren)--Virginia--Franklin County--Social life and customs.
Brethren (Church of the Brethren).
German Americans--Virginia--Franklin County--Social life and customs.
Old German Baptist Brethren--Virginia--Franklin County--Interviews.
German Americans--Virginia--Franklin County--Interviews.
Farm life--Virginia--Franklin County.
Farm life.
Manners and customs.
History.
Franklin County (Va.)--History.
Franklin County (Va.).
Franklin County (Va.)--Social life and customs.
Franklin County (Va.)--Religious life and customs.
Virginia--Franklin County.
Genre:
Interviews.
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 219 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [2006]
Contents:
Introduction: Nonresistance and change
Part I : saints in the wilderness
The ancient order
The Carolina Road
Part II : wilderness no more
Raising citizens
Community-based agriculture
Adversity and perseverance
Membership
Hope
Epilogue : they go quietly.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
ISBN:
0252031032
0252073436
OCLC:
63227299
Publisher Number:
9780252031038
9780252073434

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