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Moravian Americans and their neighbors, 1772-1822 / edited by Ulrike Wiethaus and Grant P. McAllister.

Other author/creatorWiethaus, Ulrike, editor.
Other author/creatorMcAllister, Grant P. (Grant Profant), editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
Descriptionxxii, 496 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, color maps, color portraits ; 25 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Early American history series, 1877-0216 ; volume 13
Early American history series ; v. 13. ^A1278698
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: Southern Moravians, Their Neighbors, and Processes of Americanization in the Early Republic / Ulrike Wiethaus -- pt. 1 Foundations -- 2. The American Plan of Zinzendorf and Spangenberg / Craig Atwood -- 3. The Transformation of Wachovia: From Anglican Protectorate to Moravian Preserve / Larry E. Tise -- 4. Black People, White God: Moravianism and the "Cultural Purification" of the Afro-Caribbean in Antigua and Tobago / Winelle Kirton-Roberts -- 5. An Archives of Truth: Moravian Recordkeeping and Archival Selection / Paul Peucker -- pt. 2 Convergences -- 6. Traugott Bagge as a Historian of the American Revolution / John A. Ruddiman -- 7. Early Performances of Haydn's Creation in the American South: The Moravian Connection / Stewart Carter -- 8. From Innovation to Imposition: Changing Understandings of the Single Sisters Choir in Salem from 1772 to 1822 / Riddick Weber -- 9. "The Spirit of Freedom in the Land": From Immigrants to Americans in the Moravian Experience / Jon Sensbach -- pt. 3 Innovations -- 10. Moravians and the Celebration of American Figures and Holidays, 1776-1826 / Thomas J. McCullough -- 11. Moravian Architecture Becomes Southern / David Bergstone -- 12. The Americanization of Moravian Music: An Examination of the Salem Manuscript Books / David Blum -- 13. Becoming American in Salem's Congregation Pottery / Geoffrey Hughes -- pt. 4 Segregation -- 14. The Changing Landscape of Slavery in Salem and Its Legacy / Martha Hartley -- 15. Rejection of the Baptized: Moravians and Slavery / Charles D. Rodenbough -- 16. The Moravian Easter Morning Services from 1772-1822: Easter and the Birth of American-Moravian Identity / Grant Profant McAllister -- 17. Becoming American at the Moravian Missions in Springplace and Oothcaloga / Ulrike Wiethaus.
Abstract "American Moravians and their Neighbors, 1772-1822, edited by Ulrike Wiethaus and Grant McAllister, offers an interdisciplinary examination of Moravian Americanization in the Early Republic. With an eye toward the communities that surrounded Moravian settlements in the Southeast, the contributors examine cultural, social, religious, and artistic practices of exchange and imposition framed by emergent political structures that encased social privilege and marginalization. Through their multidisciplinary approach, the authors convincingly argue that Moravians encouraged assimilation, converged with core values and political forces of the Early Republic, but also contributed uniquely Moravian innovations. Residual, newly dominant, and increasingly subjugated discourses among Moravians, other European settlers, Indigenous nations and free and enslaved communities of color established the foundations of a new Moravian American identity. Contributors include: Craig D. Atwood, David Bergstone, David Blum, Stewart Carter, Martha B. Hartley, Geoffrey R. Hughes, Winelle Kirton-Roberts, Grant P. McAllister, Thomas J. McCullough, Paul Peucker, Charles D. Rodenbough, John Ruddiman, Jon F. Sensbach, Larry E. Tise, Riddick Weber, and Ulrike Wiethaus"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Moravian Americans and their neighbors, 1772-1822 Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023 9789004517868
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022035110
ISBN9789004291294 hardcover
ISBN9004291296 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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