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Books on: shaker communities

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Bodies of Life: Shaker Literature and Literacies

Book by Etta M. Madden; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

American Literature--Shaker Authors--History And Criticism, Christian Communities In Literature, Christian Life In Literature, Christian Literature, American--History And Criticism, Christianity And Literature--United States, Sects In Literature, Shakers--In Literature, Shakers--United States--Books And Reading, Shakers--United States--Intellectual Life

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

The Shakers' "spiritual literacies," defined through an examination of their reading and writing practices, blur boundaries between traditionally masculine and feminine realms by using reason and emotion and by being innovative as well as traditional. This exploration of the relationship between ...
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The Shakers' "spiritual literacies," defined through an examination of their reading and writing practices, blur boundaries between traditionally masculine and feminine realms by using reason and emotion and by being innovative as well as traditional. This exploration of the relationship between literary practices and religious life in the 19th century, of such genres as autobiographies, elegies, histories, and doctrinal works, provides new insights into the many ways in which literacy enriches people's lives.
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The Book of Shaker Furniture

Book by John Kassay; University of Massachusetts Press, 1980

Subjects:

Shaker Furniture

Collections: Entire Library

Of the more than one hundred experiments in communitarian living that proliferated in America during the nineteenth century, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, whose adherents are best known as 'Shakers, ' is certainly one of the most interesting, successful, and enduring ...
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Of the more than one hundred experiments in communitarian living that proliferated in America during the nineteenth century, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, whose adherents are best known as 'Shakers, ' is certainly one of the most interesting, successful, and enduring. This book is a collection of furniture made by members of this remarkable American religious sect.
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Gifts of Power: The Writings of Rebecca Jackson, Black Visionary, Shaker Eldress

Book by Jean McMahon Humez, Rebecca Jackson; University of Massachusetts Press, 1981

Subjects:

Shakers, Theology

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Civil War, and the utopian Shaker communities at the height of their prosperity...it directly, the fact that shaker communities integrated black members on...sympathies, and the northern Shaker communities may have acted as stations...
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Shaker Furniture: The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect

Book by Edward Deming Andrews, Faith Andrews, William F. Winter; Dover Publications, 1964

Subjects:

Furniture--United States, Shakers--Industries

Collections: Entire Library

...still surviving Shaker communities. Adequate interpretation...by the permanent communities. The Girlingites English Shakers and the Shakers...influenced style in other communities...Authorized Rules of the Shaker Community , p. 16...
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Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals

Book by Clara Endicott Sears; Houghton Mifflin, 1916

Subjects:

Shakers

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...a unique position among the Shaker Communities, having been the headquarters...MASSACHUSETTS, 1916 GLEANINGS FROM OLD SHAKER JOURNALS I SHADRACK...has caused lovers of secluded communities to settle along the high ridges...

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Journal Articles on: shaker communities

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Scholarly Communities in Entrepreneurship Research: A Co-citation Analysis

Journal article by Henri A. Schildt, Shaker A. Zahra, Antti Sillanpaa; Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Vol. 30, 2006

Subjects:

Entrepreneurship--Research, Methodology--Analysis, Research methods--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

Scholarly Communities in Entrepreneurship Research...by Henri A. Schildt , Shaker A. Zahra , Antti Sillanpaa...henri.schildt@hut.fi, to Shaker A. Zahra, Strategic Management...University of Technology, Finland. Shaker A. Zahra is the Robert E...
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Dearly Loved Mother Eunice: Gender, Motherhood, and Shaker Spirituality

Journal article by Suzanne Thurman; Church History, Vol. 66, 1997

Subjects:

Church History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...and female empowerment in Shaker communities and Bathricks own individual...autobiographies served a dual purpose in Shaker communities. They provided the Believers...and spirituality played in Shaker communities. Because the Shakers valued...
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The Shaker Church and the Indian Way in Native Northwestern California1

Journal article by Thomas Buckley; American Indian Quarterly, Vol. 21, 1997

Subjects:

Indians Of Central America--Periodicals

Collections: Entire Library

...brings the self-confidence and firmness of identity that allow communities to accept further, moderate degrees of change. So the two...post-contact Native American history. From this perspective the Shaker church has afforded the Indian people of northwestern California...
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Interpersonal Processes in Nineteenth Century Utopian Communities: Shakers and Oneida Perfectionists

Journal article by James Isaac, Irwin Altman; Utopian Studies, Vol. 9, 1998

Subjects:

Oneida Community--Social aspects, Shakers--Social aspects, Utopias--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...nineteenth century utopian communities: Shakers and Oneida Perfectionists...relationships in Oneida and Shaker communities we pose the following questions...results were impressive, with Shaker communities acknowledged to be well designed...
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Just Showing Up: Supporting Early Literacy through Teachers' Professional Communities

Journal article by Gloria Ladson-Billings, Mary Louise Gomez; Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 82, 2001

Subjects:

Education--Standards, Elementary schools--Standards, Literacy--Management, Teachers' workshops--Evaluation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...teaching practice is in helping teachers learn to "show up." 1. Such school districts as Ann Arbor, Mich.; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Shaker Heights, Ohio; and Evanston, Ill., have experienced similar disparities between the performance of white, middle-income students...

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Magazine Articles on: shaker communities

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A True Mover and Shaker

Magazine article by Michele D. Buisch; Corrections Today, Vol. 64, June 2002

Subjects:

Ameigh, Mickey--Management, Correctional personnel--Management

Collections: Entire Library

A true mover and shaker by Michele D. Buisch Before Mickey Ameigh became warden...known throughout the state correctional and local law enforcement communities as Bobs Best Western. In fact, the only thing that distinguished...
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The Shakers at the Millennium

Magazine article by Philip Davies; Contemporary Review, Vol. 277, August 2000

Subjects:

Lee, Ann--Biography, New England--Religious aspects, Religious communities--New England, Shakers--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...any of these, and many later, Shaker communities. Born in 1736, the daughter...point of recruitment for the Shaker communities was the first part of the nineteenth...there were nineteen working Shaker communities, the largest number of villages...
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Not Such Simple Gifts

Magazine article by Lynne Stembridge; History Today, Vol. 51, January 2001

Subjects:

Shakers--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...as a group. By 1794, ten Shaker communities were established throughout...from Kentucky. It infiltrated Shaker communities triggering an outpouring of...being realised on earth in Shaker communities through their shared property...
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Sex and Heaven in Upstate New York

Magazine article by Sue Donaldson, Will Kymlicka; Queen's Quarterly, Vol. 110, Fall 2003

Subjects:

Christianity, Resurrection

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Mormons, even more than the Shaker and Oneida communities, were vilified by their...in the upstate region. Shaker communities flourished for much of...birthplace. THE Mormon, Shaker, and Oneida communities represent the radical end...
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Letters

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 51, March 2001

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Shaker Sisters near the ends of their lives, or, more misleadingly, `two Shaker communities left, with fewer than twelve remaining Sisters. There is just one living Shaker community, in Sabbathday Lake, Maine. The article names Canterbury, New...

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Newspaper Articles on: shaker communities

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Shaker Village Preserves Heritage of Utopian Society

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 11, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Like the dense herds of buffalo that once roamed the Great Plains, Kentucky Shakers no longer exist. In fact, Shaker communities were doomed for extinction right from the start. The practice of celibacy ranked high among their beliefs. For...
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Shake It Up; A Vision of New England Comes to the Home Counties with Shaker-Style Developments

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), November 10, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...design inspiration, the firm researched communities and architectural styles associated with closeness to nature, and hit upon the Shakers, English Christians who settled in New...century. This led to a study tour of Shaker settlements (now tourist attractions...
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Beautiful Berkshires; Arts Region Comes Alive during Summer

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 9, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the dining room of the 1830 brick building. Hancock also takes part in an annual five-day seminar held at various Shaker communities. This year, the seminar will be held at the Whitewater Shaker Settlement in New Haven, Ohio. CLARK ART INSTITUTE...
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Sisters Will Find Plenty of Scenery to See in the U.S

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February 18, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...if you plan to go in the fall, the area is noted for its beautiful foliage. Nearby New Hampshire is home to the Shaker communities of Canterbury Center and Enfield. You can drive on up to Maine and view its lighthouses, lobster boats and awesome...
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In Drive for a Home, Follow I-95 into Va

Newspaper article by Michele Lerner; The Washington Times, June 13, 1997

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...development in the region. One of the latest communities to be developed is Belmont Bay, which...Other builders include M/I Homes, Long Shaker Homes and P.C. Homes, each offering...City, one of the earliest of planned communities in this area off I-95, continues to offer...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: shaker communities

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Shakers

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...her death (1784) began the formation of Shaker communities. By 1826 there were 18 Shaker communities in eight states, as far west as Indiana...American Shakers (tr. 1971); P. J. Brewer, Shaker Communities, Shaker Lives (1986); S. J. Stein, The...
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Suburb

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...increasingly themselves located in the suburban ring. Most suburban communities in the United States grew spontaneously, although a few were...developers. These include, at the beginning of the 20th cent., Shaker Heights , a wealthy suburb of Cleveland, and, in the 1940s...

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