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The Old German Baptist Brethren : faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge
- Title
- The Old German Baptist Brethren : faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge / Charles D. Thompson, Jr.
- Author
- Thompson, Charles Dillard.
- Publication
- Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
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- Description
- xxxvi, 219 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- German Americans > Virginia > Franklin County > Interviews
- Farm life > Virginia > Franklin County
- Franklin County (Va.) > Religious life and customs
- Old German Baptist Brethren Virginia > Franklin County > History
- German Americans > Virginia > Franklin County > History
- Franklin County (Va.) > History
- Brethren (Church of the Brethren) > Virginia > Franklin County > Social life and customs
- German Americans > Virginia > Franklin County > Social life and customs
- Old German Baptist Brethren Virginia > Franklin County > Interviews
- Franklin County (Va.) > Social life and customs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Nonresistance and change -- Part I : saints in the wilderness -- The ancient order -- The Carolina Road -- Part II : wilderness no more -- Raising citizens -- Community-based agriculture -- Adversity and perseverance -- Membership -- Hope -- Epilogue : they go quietly.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-8310
- ISBN
- 0252031032 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252073436 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2005035180
- 9780252031038
- 9780252073434
- OCLC
- 63227299
- Author
- Thompson, Charles Dillard.
- Title
- The Old German Baptist Brethren : faith, farming, and change in the Virginia Blue Ridge / Charles D. Thompson, Jr.
- Imprint
- Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, c2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-212) and index.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 97802520310389780252073434
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-8310