{"product_id":"quakers-living-in-the-lions-a-glenn-crothers-9780813049540","title":"Quakers Living in the Lion's Mouth: The Society of Friends in Northern Virginia, 1730-1865","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A major contribution to our understanding of the American South and the history of American religion and reform.\"--Dee E. Andrews, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Methodists and Revolutionary America, 1760-1800\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A model study of an antislavery, reformist minority trying to find its place in the Antebellum South.\"--Thomas D. Hamm, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Transformation of American Quakerism: Orthodox Friends, 1800-1907\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis examination of a Quaker community in northern Virginia, between its first settlement in 1730 and the end of the Civil War, explores how an antislavery, pacifist, and equalitarian religious minority maintained its ideals and campaigned for social justice in a society that violated those values on a daily basis. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy tracing the evolution of white Virginians' attitudes toward the Quaker community, Glenn Crothers exposes the increasing hostility Quakers faced as the sectional crisis deepened, revealing how a border region like northern Virginia looked increasingly to the Deep South for its cultural values and social and economic ties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlthough this is an examination of a small community over time, the work deals with larger historical issues, such as how religious values are formed and evolve among a group and how these beliefs shape behavior even in the face of increasing hostility and isolation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs one of the most thorough studies of a pre-Civil War southern religious community of any kind, \u003ci\u003eQuakers Living in the Lion's Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e provides a fresh understanding of the diversity of southern culture as well as the diversity of viewpoints among anti-slavery activists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. Glenn Crothers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813049547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813049540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Florida\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d","brand":"A. Glenn Crothers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120299831551,"sku":"9780813049540","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a64e875-89a0-4743-b17f-250dad14c3cf.jpg?v=1687413572","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/quakers-living-in-the-lions-a-glenn-crothers-9780813049540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}