- ISBN: 9780881503104 | 088150310X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/17/2000
The Shakers conducted nineteenth-century America's most successful experiment in utopian living. From Maine to Kentucky, they established communal villages and worked to build a heaven on earth. Designed to accommodate hundreds of celibate believers, Shaker buildings included meeting houses, dwelling houses, barns, factories, and schools.