Neither Plain Nor Simple

New Perspectives On The Canterbury Shakers

BY DAVID STARBUCK

Brief Description:
"Because the Shakers were a religious group that believed in communal living and celibacy, and because the group was founded in the 18th century, many people have assumed that they were cloistered, rigid or austere . . . But what Starbuck has found suggests that, while they adhered to their principles, their principles may have been different than what most people have commonly believed." - Valley News. From his 25 years of excavating at Canterbury Shaker Village, Starbuck's systematic mapping and inventory program for the entire settlement provide a new, welcome, completely different, and creative interpretation of the Shakers.

University Press of New England 2004 190 PP. Paper

$6.00 (in stock)