| Book Review | The Journal of American History, 91.3

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Book Review

The Quakers in America. By Thomas D. Hamm. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. x, 293 pp. $40.00, ISBN 0-231-12362-0.)
Most Americans do not realize that there is more than one kind of Quaker. Remembering colonial history textbook treatment, the public, if it thinks about the group at all, sees them as quaint, slightly old-fashioned types who meet in silence on First-Day morning to await the leadings of God's Spirit. Actually, those who worship in this traditional way are a distinct minority among American Friends.	1
Any entertaining such ideas are in for a rude awakening with Thomas D. Hamm's new book in the Columbia University series on Contemporary American Religion. Professor of history at Earlham College, Hamm has an established reputation for clear expository writing, always well grounded in the sources and characterized by judicious conclusions. His repute gets an added boost from this short introduction to what must be the church with the widest divergency among all denominations, including Baptists.	. . .

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