Shaker Fever: America's Twentieth-Century Fascination with a Communitarian Sect

by William Moore

Book Overview

Americans were enthralled by the Shakers in the years between 1925 and 1965. They bought Shaker furniture, saw Shaker worship services enacted on Broadway, sang Shaker songs, dressed in Shaker-inspired garb, collected Shaker artifacts, and restored Shaker villages. William D. Moore analyzes the activities of scholars, composers, collectors, folklorists, photographers, writers, choreographers, and museum staff who drove the national interest in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625345097
• ISBN13: 9781625345097
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher