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A thorough anthropological study of a distinct religious cult of the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The book traces the Shaker cult’s development, its ceremonies, ritual elements, faiths, and doctrine.
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Indian Shakers
A Messianic Cult of the Pacific Northwest
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978-0-8093-0595-7
392 pages, 4.875 x 7.875, 8 illustrations
10/01/1972
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“As a history and ethnography of the Shaker movement, I predict that Barnett’s book will stand as a classic for years to come.”—E. Z. Vogt, American Sociological Review