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