God's blueprints; a sociological study of three utopian sects. Foreword by David Martin by Whitworth, John McKelvie - 1975

London : Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Library copy - library marks remain. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 274 pages; 21cm. Notes: Bibliography: p.249-255. - Includes index. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Origins and Expansion of the Shakers, 1747-1835 3. The Shakers Internal Revival and Decline, 1835-1905 4. The Perfectionists of Oneida Origins and Incipient Communitarianism, 1831-1848 5. The Oneida Community Communism of Property and Affections, 1848-1881 6. A Contemporary Utopian Sect the Society of Brothers (or Bruderhof) 7. Conclusions.Subjects: Shakers History.Oneida Community History.Hutterian Society of Brothers (Rifton, N.Y)Bruderhof (Communautés)Oneida Community.Shakers. BruderhofgemeinschaftOneida CommunityHank und die Shakers Musikgruppe. Shakers.Oneida Community.Shakers.… Read More

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine, price-clipped dw. Particularly well preserved; tight, bright, clean and surprisingly sharp cornered; 258 pages; Description: xiii, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Shakers --Oneida Community --Bruderhof Communities

London ; Boston : Routledge And K. Paul, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 258 pages; Description: xiii, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Shakers. Oneida Community. Bruderhof Communities. Notes: Includes index. Bibliography: p. 249-255.

Taylor & Francis, 2020. Paperback. New. 274 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.63 inches.

London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine, price-clipped dw. Particularly well preserved; tight, bright, clean and surprisingly sharp cornered. ; 258 pages; Description: xiii, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Shakers --Oneida Community --Bruderhof Communities.

London ; Boston : Routledge And K. Paul, 1975. First Edition. Hardback. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 258 pages; Description: xiii, 258 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Shakers --Oneida Community --Bruderhof Communities.

Taylor & Francis, 2020. Paperback. New. 274 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.63 inches.

Routledge, 2019. Hardcover. New. 264 pages. 9.21x6.14x0.79 inches.