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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Marietta, Jack D. Reformation of American Quakerism, 1748-1783. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1984 (OCoLC)557701910 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jack D Marietta |
| ISBN: | 0812279220 9780812279221 9780812219890 0812219899 |
| OCLC Number: | 10183993 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xvii, 356 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Figures and Tables Preface THE SOCIAL REFORMATION 1. The Context of Reform: Quaker Discipline 2. 2. The Beginnings of Reform, 1748-1755 3. 3. Social Reforms: Personal Behavior and Families, 1755-1783 4. The Labors and Faith of the Reformers 5. the Fruits of Reformation: New Testimonies THE POLITICAL REFORMATION 6. Prologue to Reform, 1739-1755 7. Withdrawal from Government, 1756 8. Perfecting Pacificism, 1756-1758 9. Reformation Stalled, 1763-1765 10. The Exhaustion of Quaker Politics, 1765-1775 11. Beleaguered Quakers, 1775-1782 COSUMMATION 12. Reformation in the Revolution Abbreviations Sources Notes Index |
| Responsibility: | Jack D. Marietta. |
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"Exhaustively researched, clearly written, and provocative."-American Historical Review "The most important book on eighteenth-century American Quakerism."-Gary B. Nash, University of California, Los Angeles Read more...
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