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Title: The Shaker Experience in America: A History of the United Society of Believers by Stephen J. Stein ISBN: 0-300-05933-7 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

Rating: 4
Summary: the true word about the shakers
Comment: This book is for anyone who wants to understand "the shaker experience in America". I have to admit, it is a bit dry and text book like but this book is factual and dispells many myths that people have about the shakers. A must for anyone interested in this religion , in addition to visiting a Shaker site or museum collection

Rating: 4
Summary: Necessary History
Comment: Ann Lee said "Do all your work as though you had a thousand years to live, and as you would if you knew you must die tommorrow." That sentiment carries much of the flavor of the American Shaker sect and acts as a guiding principle for understanding their history.

And that history is important, particularly if you want to understand the US during the nineteenth century. These highly successful communities managed to contribute to the fabric of a nation while living out their ideals of celibacy, simplicity of life, separation from the world, and community of goods. Industrialization and the US Civil War caused the circumstances that led to their inevitable decline, as the new country became more interested in class struggle than utopian visions.

Extremely interesting reading.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellant book, very interesting reading, informative
Comment: Having visited the Shaker Handcock site during 1997, I became interested in the Shaker experience. Found this publication to be well researched and written so that it kept ones interest and provided material that took the reader inside the whole concept and idea that they believed in. Would recomend this book to anyone with an open mind and who enjoys different subjects and views.

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