Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-376) and index.
Contents
A new year and a fresh start -- Politics and the social milieu -- James Buchanan : President-elect -- The President, the Chief Justice, and a slave named Scott -- The heart of the matter : slavery and sectionalism -- Popular sovereignty, Kansas style -- Dog days -- Flush times and an autumn panic -- Northern politics : the parties in equipoise -- Politics as farce : the Lecompton Constitution -- Politics as tragedy : Buchanan's decision -- 1858 : the fruits of Lecompton.
Summary
It was a year packed with unsettling events. The Panic of 1857 closed every bank in New York City, ruined thousands of businesses, and caused widespread unemployment among industrial workers. The Mormons in Utah Territory threatened rebellion when federal troops approached with a non-Morman governor to replace Brigham Young. The Supreme Court outraged northernRepublicans and abolitionists with the Dred Scott decision ("a breathtaking example of judicial activism"). etc.
"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-478) and index.
Contents
1. Brethren Beginnings -- Pt. I. An Overview of Traditional Dunker Culture, 1708-1850s. 2. The Faith Once Delivered to the Saints. 3. Dunker Rituals and Relationships. 4. Practicing the Primitive Faith -- Pt. II. Pathways beyond Plainness. 5. Expansion and Dissent, 1850-1883. 6. Missionary Mobilization, 1880s-1900s. 7. Missionary Manners, 1880s-1900s. 8. Preserving the Primitive Order, 1880s-1910s. 9. Separation Under Siege, 1905-1917. 10. Purging the Past, 1890s-1920s. 11. Unity Unraveled, 1911-1930s. 12. Altered Authorities, 1920s-1950s -- Pt. III. Analysis: The Binding and Loosing of Brethren Culture. 13. Brethren Moral Dynamics: A Historical Overview. 14. Brethren Cultural Transformation. 15. Pluralism, Particularism, and Purpose -- App. A: A Chronology of Change -- App. B: Personal interviews.
Summary
Carl Bowman examines how and why members of the Church of the Brethren - historically known as "Dunkers" after their method of baptism - were assimilated faster and earlier than their Amish, Mennonite, or even Hutterite cousins. Brethren Society brings to light the members' own conversations and debates on a series of pivotal controversies. Bowman shows how Brethren dealt with issues such as membership in "outside" organizations; the salaried ministry; acceptance of revivalistic styles of worship and music; particitation in the American political process; military service; the holy kiss; the temperance movement; and the "plain garb."
A directory of the eleventh census of the population of Schuylkill County : giving the names and ages of males and females, published by cities, boroughs, wards, townships, precincts or towns, in connection with a business directory of the same for advertising purposes ... together with a brief historical resume of each district, statistics, etc
edited, with a new introduction, by Peter Stockham.
ISBN
0486272931 (pbk.)
9780486272931 (pbk.)
Edition
Dover ed.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Dover Publication,
Date of Publication
1992.
Physical Description
137 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Notes
"Unabridged republication of part III of the work as published by Jacob Johnson in Whitehall (Philadelphia) and Richmond in 1807 under the title: The book of trades, or Library of the useful arts."
Exploring Local Business History -- Learning the Internal History of a Business -- Developing the History of a Business in its Environment -- Local Business History:Internal Sources -- Local Business History: External Sources -- Presenting Local Business History.