Table of Contents

The Origins of the Shakers / Shaker Theology and Religious Practice / Form Follows Faith: Work as Worship / Shakers as Entrepreneurs: Selling to the World / Architecture, Furniture, and Craft / Decline of the Shakers / Shakers Today / Places to Visit / Further Reading / Index

About the Author

Lesley Herzberg has a background in religious studies and art history. For the past five years she has been curator and collections manager at Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.