{"product_id":"the-people-called-shakers-edward-deming-andrews-1963","title":"The People Called Shakers: A Search for the Perfect Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdward Deming Andrews' history of the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, better known as the Shakers, drawn from manuscripts, primary sources and his contact with Shaker communities. It covers Ann Lee and the movement's origins in 18th-century England, its move to New England, early Shaker communism and westward expansion, Shaker labor, industry and design, worship with its songs and dances, the revivals of the 1830s and 40s, community organization, relations with the outside world and the decline after the Civil War. This Dover edition, an unabridged republication of the 1953 Oxford University Press edition, is the first to include the author's notes, plus appendices with the Millennial Laws, a statistical view of the Shaker communities and a bibliography; 33 illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDover Publications, New York. New enlarged edition (Dover edition first published 1963).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edward Deming Andrews","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67756304695546,"sku":"NEI2\/29\/10152026","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3387\/5450\/files\/nei2-1015-IMG_6544.jpg?v=1792080928","url":"https:\/\/flippedpages.com\/products\/the-people-called-shakers-edward-deming-andrews-1963","provider":"Flipped Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}