Pioneers of a peaceable kingdom : the quaker peace testimony from the colonial era to the first World War /
Brock, Peter, 1920-2006,
Pioneers of a peaceable kingdom : the quaker peace testimony from the colonial era to the first World War / by Peter Brock. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1968. - 1 online resource (399 pages). - Princeton Legacy Library .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Society of Friends in the Colonial Period Outside Pennsylvania; 2. The Pacifist as Magistrate: The Holy Experiment in Quaker Pennsylvania; 3. Quaker Pennsylvania: The Crisis of 1756 and Its Aftermath; 4. Quakers and the American Revolution; 5. The Quaker Peace Testimony, 1783-1861; 6. The Quakers in the Civil War; 7. The Quaker Peace Testimony, 1865-1914; Bibliography; Index.
Extracted from Pacifism in the United States, this work focuses on the significant contribution of the Quakers to the history of pacifism in the United States. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich schol.
9781400867509
Society of Friends--History.
Pacifism--History.
Pacifism--History.
Society of Friends--History.
Society of Friends.
Electronic Books.
BX7635 / .P566 1968
Pioneers of a peaceable kingdom : the quaker peace testimony from the colonial era to the first World War / by Peter Brock. - Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, (c)1968. - 1 online resource (399 pages). - Princeton Legacy Library .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preface; Contents; Introduction; 1. The Society of Friends in the Colonial Period Outside Pennsylvania; 2. The Pacifist as Magistrate: The Holy Experiment in Quaker Pennsylvania; 3. Quaker Pennsylvania: The Crisis of 1756 and Its Aftermath; 4. Quakers and the American Revolution; 5. The Quaker Peace Testimony, 1783-1861; 6. The Quakers in the Civil War; 7. The Quaker Peace Testimony, 1865-1914; Bibliography; Index.
Extracted from Pacifism in the United States, this work focuses on the significant contribution of the Quakers to the history of pacifism in the United States. Originally published in 1971. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich schol.
9781400867509
Society of Friends--History.
Pacifism--History.
Pacifism--History.
Society of Friends--History.
Society of Friends.
Electronic Books.
BX7635 / .P566 1968