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Simply Shaker: The Rise And Development Of Popular Images Of The Shakers, Scott F. De Wolfe Ma
Simply Shaker: The Rise And Development Of Popular Images Of The Shakers, Scott F. De Wolfe Ma
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Generations of Americans have been fascinated by a small religious group known as the Shakers. This thesis traces the evolution of the Shaker image through time. Much of the paper centers on the current view of the Shakers as a simple agrarian and non technological movement whose members live a stress free life.