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Holy nation : the Transatlantic quaker ministry in an age of Revolution / Sarah Crabtree.
LIBRA BX7636 .C73 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Crabtree, Sarah (Sarah Lelia), author.
- Series:
- American beginnings, 1500-1900
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Quakers--United States--History.
- Quakers.
- Society of Friends--United States--History.
- Society of Friends.
- Quakers--Political activity--United States--History.
- Religion and civil society--United States--History.
- Religion and civil society.
- Quakers--Political activity.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- Contents:
- Part I. Combat, 1754-89: 1. Zion in crisis: Friends as the Israel of Old; 2. Lamb-like warriors: The Quakers's church militant
- Part II. Compromise, 1779-1809: 3. Walled gardens: Friends' schools
- Part III. Concession, 1793-1826: 4. The still, small voice: Quaker activism; 5. The whole world my country: a cosmopolitan society
- Conclusion: at peace with the world, at war with itself .
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226255767
- 022625576X
- OCLC:
- 890360396
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