The Transformation of Moravian Bethlehem : : From Communal Mission to Family Economy / / Beverly Prior Smaby.
The Moravians who settled Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1742 were committed to a society centered around missionary work. To free their missionaries from the need to earn a living, they formed a communal economic organization in which all workers gave their labor to the community in exchange for food,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1989 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Anniversary Collection
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 p.) :; 45 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Part One
- 1. Historical Background
- 2. Demographic Portrait
- 3. The Town Setting
- Part Two
- 4. Biographical Structures
- 5. Life Cycles and Values
- 6. Secularization of Consciousness
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Bibliography
- Index