Format:
1 online resource (324 pages)
ISBN:
9780812201857
Series Statement:
Early American Studies
Content:
Catalysts in the birth of evangelicalism, the Moravians supported their religious projects through financial savvy, a distinctive communalism at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and transatlantic commercial networks. This book traces the Moravians' evolving projects, arguing that imperial war, not capitalism, transformed Moravian religious life.
Content:
COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: The Pilgrims' Mission -- CHAPTER TWO: Interconnected Worlds -- CHAPTER THREE: Moravian Expansion in the Mid-Atlantic -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Moral Parameters of Economic Endeavor -- CHAPTER FIVE: Atlantic Currents: Global War and the Fate of Moravian Communalism -- CHAPTER SIX: Two Revolutions: Ending the Oeconomy and Losing the Missions -- CHAPTER SEVEN: A Change in Mission -- CHAPTER EIGHT: Unraveled Strands -- CONCLUSION -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812221855
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780812221855
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3442165
